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Quotes About Connection

I've totally fallen for him. Really bad.I don't know how I'm going to go back to Texas,Kate." "On an airplane." She scowled at me. "I'm serious.I don't want to leave him.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
I finally got it.Allie and Sam..heavy duty secret handshake going on.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
The quickest road to trust comes by building a bridge of common experiences.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
You've got Mac. When we went to get drinks at the concert, all he talked about was how cool you were. And Jason? The way he looks at you sometimes…if Mom ever sees that look, the guy will be sleeping in his car.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
This look Jason gives me…tell me a little more about that." She shrugged. "He looks like he adores you, like crossing the hallway and knocking on your door crosses his mind sometimes.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
I couldn't help but think she'd gotten her chest plus mine. But that was okay, because I liked to think I'd gotten her brains plus mine.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
He took my hand, gave me a quick kiss, and led me to the front porch where my parents had left the light on. "I had a really nice time," I said with a very serious face. He chuckled lightly. "Yeah, me, too. Maybe we could go out again sometime." I almost burst out laughing. "I'd like that." "Good night, Dani," he said quietly. Then he took me in his arms and gave me a good-night kiss to remember.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
It was a long while later before I heard footsteps on the stairs. Jason looked into the game room, grinned, and opened the door. "I was hoping I'd find you here." "What took you so long?" He held up the DVD for The Rookie and a bag from Ben & Jerry's. Grinning, I patted the love seat. We could be together in the house without getting into trouble. At least, we could try.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
I started falling for you as soon as you bumped into me. I knew I could be a goner so easily." "Really?" "Oh, yeah. And when I pictured you in shoulder pads and a helmet--" I shoved his shoulder. "You did not!" "Oh, yeah, I did. And I thought, of all the girls in this town, she is the one that I absolutely can't find fascinating.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
And I thought, of all the girls in this town, she is the one that I absolutely can't find fascinating." "Is that the reason you sounded like you really didn't want to take me home after that first night of pizza?" "Yep. I wanted to limit contact. I was trying so hard not to fall for you." "Well, that's why I knocked you over," I said. He laughed.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
You know, you don't have to hang out with me. I mean, summer's short, and you need to make the most of your time." "Hanging out with you is making the most of my time.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
Before I could announce that I didn't need to warm up, she and Sam were trudging through the snow, heads bent toward each other, talking. Talking. Geeze, it seemed like every time I looked at them, they were talking. I'd never known my brother to work his jaw so much. He was more of a cut-a-wisecrack-and-run-for-cover kind of guy.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
We were supposed to be just friends, but what could you do when the kiss-cam was pointed at you? You must make the most of it.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
Joe and I started dancing. It was strange, because we weren't touching, we were each kinda in our own little space. But the way Joe held my gaze the entire time, it was almost like there was an invisible thread pulling us toward each other. And I couldn't help but wonder if I wasn't a little like Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz , searching far and wide for something that had been in my backyard the entire time.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
What's been the most difficult aspect of living with us?" There was silence, but it was the kind where you can sense someone wants to speak but doesn't. Jason was so incredibly still, as though he was weighing consequences. "Not kissing you," he finally said, quietly.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
I talked my parents into sponsoring a player not because guys needed a place to stay. I did it…because I wanted a boyfriend." "You thought I'd be your boyfriend?" "No, that was too icky to even consider. I mean, you've seen my underwear. I've seen yours." His mouth twitched.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
Do you need anything?" I asked. With a little moan, he swung his legs off the couch, making room for me. "I would say just you but that sounds way too corny." "I like corny," I said, as I sat on the couch beside him.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
Hey, come here," Josh said. He was sitting on the love seat looking out the window. "What is it?" I asked, walking over. "The lights are out. You can't see anything out there." "I know." He wrapped his hand around my arm and pulled me down until I was nestled between his thighs, my back to his chest. "I just wanted to hold you.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
Then I felt arms come around me and pull me close. "Hey," Jason said, kissing my neck before parking his chin on my shoulder. Smiling brightly, I turned around in his arms. "Great game." "Thanks." "You hit a home run," I said, like maybe he hadn't realized it.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
You know what I figured out during the last week?" he asked. "What?" "Snow and winter, they go together." I snuggled more closely against him. "Yeah, we do." Sneaux and Wynter--we definitely go together.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
He's my boyfriend." "I'm starting to hate that term. 'My boyfriend.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
Maybe you should tell Sam how you feel about his roommate," Allie said. "Maybe he'd invite Brad to come home with him on the weekends." "Right. Like Sam is going to care. He thinks I'm just his stupid baby sister." "You think he's your stupid older brother, so it all works out," Leah said, backing up a little to inspect the snowman's abs.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
It couldn't have worked out better, except of course, for poor Allie who was stuck at the far end of the table across from my brother. I was afraid if she spent too much time with him she might re-evaluate her friendship with me.
~ Rachel Hawthorne
What do you do for fun?" he asked. And suddenly we weren't at a table with a large group of people anymore. It was just Brad and me. We'd moved from a wink to a nudge to a discussion, but his interest was going to disappear if I didn't think of something exciting to share. "I like to read mysteries." "Read." He repeated the word like I'd just told him that I enjoyed stepping in dog poop.
~ Rachel Hawthorne