Robin Benway Quotes

“It's funny how bed and pillows and covers can change a conversation. Words turn quiet and you mean more and say less. It's like you can build your own little world, Population: 2.”

— Robin Benway

“You have no idea how crazy I am, I should be wearing yellow Caution tape, I'm that bonkers.”

— Robin Benway

“You have to turn it up so that your chest shakes and the drums get in between your ribs like a heartbeat and the bass goes up your spine and fizzles your brain and all you can do is dance or spin in a circle or just scream along because you know that however this music makes you feel, it's exactly right.”

— Robin Benway

Get over here and talk to her. She's a reporter, not a Dementor."
"Harry Potter nerd."
"Whatever. Take the damn phone.

— Robin Benway

“It's OK to not be OK”

— Robin Benway

The more you start to love someone, the more you ache when they're gone, and maybe it's that middle ground that hurts the most, when you can see them and still not feel like you're near enough.

— Robin Benway

“Could you please stop dripping your sarcasm all over my car's interior?”

— Robin Benway

“Hey, it's-!"
"Who? Oh. Oh."
"Shut up."
"I haven't said anything yet!"
"Don't."
"How can I shut up if I haven't said anything?"
"I know you. You've got a monologue coming up.”

— Robin Benway

“Because thereÂ’s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.”

— Robin Benway

“So do I kill myself now, or do I wait and do it in front of Evan so he feels really, really, really bad?”

— Robin Benway

How would you like to star in your very own commercial?"
"I'd rather swim in battery acid.

— Robin Benway

“Hello. Audrey's phone. She's currently suiting up for a soul-deadening hourly job that provides no benefits, how may I help you?”

— Robin Benway

“WHY ARE YOU NOT ANSWERING YOUR PHONE?!? OH MY GOD, DID YOU SEE THE ARTICLE? I AM FREAKING OUT, WHY ARE YOU NOT ANSWERING YOUR PHONE?!? Please call me, I'm starting to act like Tizzy around here. It's getting ugly. Oh, hi, Mr. and Mrs. Cuttler, in case you get this first. Everything's fine, I'm just trying to get ahold of Audrey. Okay, bye. AUDREY, CALL ME BEFORE I HAVE TO RESORT TO SKYWRITING”

— Robin Benway

“Sometimes love isn't something you say, it's something you do.”

— Robin Benway

“What about James?"
"James? James, the guy I work with? James who takes ice cream scooping more seriously than anyone should? James who almost had a nervous breakdown when the chocolate and rainbow sprinkles accidentally got mixed together? That James?"
"He has a good work ethic. And he's cute."
"Hello, I'm not thirty. I don't want a good work ethic yet. I just want someone who can form complete sentences.”

— Robin Benway

“The only way I could describe what kissing him felt like was, like the last day of school, knowing that months of freedom and sunshine lay before you, the feeling that you could do anything you wanted and time stretched out in endless possibilities.”

— Robin Benway

I liked James and James liked me and we both knew it and if you think about it, that's like a miracle. A real miracle. Everyone says that babies are miracles, and don't get me wrong, I love cute little pudgy babies, but if you think about it, me having a baby right now would not be a miracle. At all. But finding someone that gets me? That's the real work. That's where the miracles are.

— Robin Benway

“This isn't television! This isn't a movie! Giles and Buffy aren't gonna appear and show us how to deal with our wonderful new powers! Some fricking owl isn't gonna come sailing in through your window from Hogwarts! There's no Dumbledore! The Cullens aren't gonna show up and invite you to live with them in Forks! There's nothing! This isn't make believe! This is it! It's us and only us.”

— Robin Benway

“Henry narrowed his eyes at me. "You going somewhere?"
"Lacrosse field trip," I said. "I enjoy whacking the hell out of people with mallets.”

— Robin Benway

That's when I first learned about true frustration, that wrenching ache when the thing that matters most to you barely makes a ripple in other people's lives.

— Robin Benway

“Like, what's wrong with being like other girls?”

— Robin Benway

He looked like a stranger, and then he met my glance, and it was like I had never stopped seeing him.

— Robin Benway

“I mean, i was into their music and everything way before I knew what they looked like, but they had their pictures in the CD insert and when Victoria and I got it, we were both like, "Why, hellooooo there." Plus, they were British. I'm a sucker for cute boys with guitars, as you may have noticed, but throw in a London accent and I'll happily sell my soul without a second thought.”

— Robin Benway

Can you pass me the slutty one, please?" I handed her the bottle of bright-red nail polish. "I think it's actually called Crimson Cabaret," I said. "Don't be a slut-shamer.

— Robin Benway

“Tonight sucked" my dad said and I started to laugh hearing him say that. "What?" He smiled at me. "Isn't that the slang you kids are using? The lingo? Do I sound hip?"
I just shook my head. "The only hip I hear is the sound of yours breaking.”

— Robin Benway

“Wanting someone isn't the same as loving them, though," he said. "You know? It doesn't mean the same thing.”

— Robin Benway

“So, Harold. Friend, pal, chum." Roux folded her hands on top of the desk. "Are you going to
buzz us in or not?"
"Go on up, miss," Harold said, waving us through the lobby and toward the elevators.
"Harold, you're a gem. A pristine gem honed over years of trial and fire."
"That's how I would describe my job, too," Harold replied.”

— Robin Benway

“Hey," Jesse said. "You guys get any sleep?"
Roux just held up her massive coffee cup. "Does this answer your question?”

— Robin Benway

“We don't even have a goldfish." "You've got to think toward the future." My dad smiled at me. "Maybe one day you'll move out and your mom and I will get a golden retriever to replace you.”

— Robin Benway

“I like to know a little about a lot. I find that it keeps life interesting.”

— Robin Benway

“I told you, I just think we should slow down. I mean, we haven't even had a real date yet and I
-"
"Ohhhh." Jesse nodded to himself. "That's what this is. I get it."
"What?"
"First date. Girls like dates. I'm such an idiot, I should have thought of that."
This was backfiring spectacularly.”

— Robin Benway

“Hey," he said, stopping in front of me. "As much fun as it is watching you elbow small children
out of your way while clinging to a makeshift wall ... "
"That kid was hogging all the space!" I huffed. "He had it coming!”

— Robin Benway

“Put some muscle into it! Channel your inner Trent Reznor!”

— Robin Benway

“But knowing something and feeling something are two totally different things.”

— Robin Benway

But that was last year," I protested as we walked through school on Tuesday, three days before
Halloween. "I'm serious, you know how people are. They forget about things."
"Oh, really?" Roux said, then turned and smiled at a brunette passing us. "Hey, Julia, what's up?
How are things?"
"Slut," Julia responded, and kept walking.
Roux just looked back at me knowingly. "You were saying?

— Robin Benway

“Oh my God," I gasped. "They think I'm like those girls! They think I run around and crash my car and forget to wear underwear.”

— Robin Benway

“Cherubs are so creepy, don't you think? Like, why are naked babies shooting poisonous arrows at innocent people a symbol of love? Why aren't they a symbol of toddler anarchy instead?" "Roux," I started to say, but then I paused, thinking about her comment. "That is an excellent point," I admitted. "I blame Hallmark," she said. "Damn them and their anarchist baby uprising.”

— Robin Benway

“Oh God, I heart him so much.”

— Robin Benway

Fuck your royalties and die.

— Robin Benway

“I know this is like the longest story ever, but I really just wanted you to know the other side. (And besides, Bendomolena's been on my lap this whole time and once Bendomolena decides to sit on you,get comfortable, because you're not going anywhere for awhile.) Anyway, James is coming over in fifteen minutes so we can go with Victoria and Jonah to see New Nostalgia, and I still have to figure out what I'm wearing.
Like the Beatles said, "O-bla-di, o-bla-da, life goes on."
And it does.
Rock on.”

— Robin Benway

“Sometimes there just aren't enough words to fill the crack in your heart.”

— Robin Benway

“Oh,you love it," I said. "Do you think you love Ames, Roux?"
"I don't think it," she replied as her eyes fluttered shut. "I know it."
"I guess it is that easy." I said to Jesse. "You just know. There's not a lot of explanation.”

— Robin Benway

“I nodded. I've been there. I obsess over mixes all the time. If there's one bad song on there, it kills the whole thing.”

— Robin Benway

Ah, yes. Fine. A lovely sounding word that means absolutely nothing.

— Robin Benway

And my parents don't want me to tell my grandmother-who, let's be honest, is already in the bottom of the ninth inning, age-wise-that

— Robin Benway

“You deserve more than just being our safety net”

— Robin Benway

The tears finally got the best of him and he pressed his palms to his eyes as his shoulders started to shake. He cried silently, in so much pain that there was no sound to equal it

— Robin Benway

“My hair was probably a disaster and my shirt was still damp, but I didn't care. It was funny, I never cared about those things with Oliver. I didn't worry about how I looked. All that mattered was how I felt.”

— Robin Benway

“Some people leave, yeah, and it sucks. But some people don't leave, and they never will. And sometimes people are there, but you just can't see them. But they're still there.”

— Robin Benway

“I guess even when you can see everything, some things will always be a surprise.”

— Robin Benway