Cómo me gustaría poder retroceder al año pasado y empezar de nuevo. La vida no te permite hacer eso. No es posible borrar el pasado, pero voy a tratar de hacer que otras personas lo olviden.


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I wonder if it's medically possible to be addicted to another human being.
SIMONE ELKELES
You're so critical. Oh, God, I'd do anything for you to stop blaming me for every little thing that ...
SIMONE ELKELES
Since you came back from summer break, our entire relationship is about fooling around. We never tal...
SIMONE ELKELES
Something is happening. I sense a change in the wind…a mutual understanding of each other. I haven...
SIMONE ELKELES
Did I ever tell you that Alex loves you so much he got your name tattooed all over his body? Hell, h...
SIMONE ELKELES
I'm ready for that adrenaline rush...with you.
SIMONE ELKELES
Distance makes the heart grow fonder.
SIMONE ELKELES
He has eyes so expressive they give a hint to more than what he portrays. He’s dedicated to his fr...
SIMONE ELKELES
Unfortunately, I can’t run from my heart. It hurts, deep inside my body. And I know I’ll never b...
SIMONE ELKELES
With someone you like that much, the lows are as low as the highs are high. Does that make sense?' SIMONE ELKELES I don't deserve you. You know that, querida, don't you?"
"When are you gonna realize y...
SIMONE ELKELES
I brush a strand of hair from her face, then move beside her. When she wraps her arms around my neck...
SIMONE ELKELES
Do you think about making love with me?"
I lie awake most nights, fantasizing about sleeping ne...
SIMONE ELKELES
Want some?" he asks, pointing to his dinner.
Maybe eating will calm my nerves. "What is it?" SIMONE ELKELES
Let's get out of here. You and me, mi amor. !Vamos!"
I breathe a sigh of relief as I s...
SIMONE ELKELES
Hey, mamacitas! How about you ditch those losers and come with us. We'll show you a real go...
SIMONE ELKELES
Why can't you call me Alex?" I ask, my head down while I stare at the food in front of me.
"If ...
SIMONE ELKELES
Shelley," I say. "You should've let him win. You know, to be polite." Shelley's response is a shake ...
SIMONE ELKELES
You have games on there?" he asks.
"Yeah," I answer for her. "She's become a checkers fanatic. ...
SIMONE ELKELES
Come here and lie on your stomach. I know how to give Swedish massages. It'll relax you."
"You'...
SIMONE ELKELES
Are you going to dance with me tonight?" I ask.
"Hell, yeah."
"Colin never wanted to dance...
SIMONE ELKELES
Forget about that and kiss me," I say.
I weave my hands in her hair. She wraps her arms around ...
SIMONE ELKELES
I lay my fantasy in the backseat of Isa's car and slide in next to her. She snuggles up, using me as...
SIMONE ELKELES
I'm poor, not homeless.
SIMONE ELKELES
Don't ever pity me.
SIMONE ELKELES
Who am I kidding? I have no reason for being here other that the fact that I want to be near her.
SIMONE ELKELES
I'm not starting any fights. I might finish one though.
SIMONE ELKELES
you think you've never been wrong before?"-alex
"sure i have why just last week I bought bobbi ...
SIMONE ELKELES
I don't belong here. It doesn't matter, because even if I don't belong in this place, she's here and...
SIMONE ELKELES
What would it take for you to go out with me?
SIMONE ELKELES
[about her offer of a Swedish massage]
Alex: You're not Swedish.
Brittany: Yeah, well, ne...
SIMONE ELKELES
Being brave is not as easy as it looks.
SIMONE ELKELES
Man, my girl is one tough chick when she wants to be. I wonder if it has something to do with those<...
SIMONE ELKELES
Slowly, silently, I reach out and slip the glass out of her hand.
"What do you think you're doi...
SIMONE ELKELES
Kendra's kisses are more hollow to me than a flute.
SIMONE ELKELES
—No, la próxima vez que te bese durará un largo, largo tiempo. Y cuando lo hayamos hecho compren...
SIMONE ELKELES
A veces hay que alejarse de la multitud para ser una mejor persona. No siempre es fácil, eso es seg...
SIMONE ELKELES
—Te diré a lo que es real. Real es que yo estaba en la cárcel durante el último año, quedándo...
SIMONE ELKELES
Es difícil mantener todo igual cuando las mismas cosas lucen y se sienten diferentes.
SIMONE ELKELES
I'll tell you what's real. Real is that I was in jail for the past year, rooming with drug dealers a...
SIMONE ELKELES
I'm standing here, holding a half a lemon in my hand. I'm speechless, I'm excited . . . I'm a wreck....
SIMONE ELKELES
I let it all out--my mom's date,my dad's conversation,my confusion about it all.Caleb doesn't laugh,...
SIMONE ELKELES
I can't sleep. Too many thoughts running through my useless head.
SIMONE ELKELES
Being told when to shit, shower, shave, eat, and sleep isn't my idea of paradise. But then again, Pa...
SIMONE ELKELES
what could i do to make the one i loved love me back ?
SIMONE ELKELES
It's as if I'm taking away his pain and he's taking away mine.
SIMONE ELKELES
I wasn't going to kiss you."'
'You weren't?' I look up look up at him.
[...]
'Nope, t...
SIMONE ELKELES
No, the next time i kiss you it'll last a long, long time. And then when we're done you're gonna rea...
SIMONE ELKELES
being afraid to take chances is scarier than actually doing things that challenge you.
SIMONE ELKELES
the scary part is that people don't realize how much they've changed .
SIMONE ELKELES
I cry a lot.'
'Yeah? Well I'm gonna change that.
SIMONE ELKELES
I look down at our knees, slightly touching. Jeans against jeans. Does she notice the heat transferr...
SIMONE ELKELES
Trust me, he whispers against my lips. Maggie, you're my paradise.
SIMONE ELKELES
I'm the one who got hit by that car, not you,' I tell him. 'Don't act like you're the victim here. Y...
SIMONE ELKELES
Why shouldn't I be introspective? We dont' make sense."
"Neither do Chocolate and Peanut Butter...
SIMONE ELKELES
I want to live life on my own terms. But I'm Mexican, so mi familia is always there to guide me in e...
SIMONE ELKELES
I want to make sure Kiara’s got a boyfriend who has more to offer than a hot bod and a face that c...
SIMONE ELKELES
You’re not the only one in this relationship who loves a
challenge,” he says. “And just s...
SIMONE ELKELES
Didn't you learn anything from my mistakes?" he asks.
Shit, when Alex was in the Latino Blood b...
SIMONE ELKELES
Girls like you want to cut guy's nuts off and hang 'em from your rearview mirror.
SIMONE ELKELES
A garter. You’re supposed to take it off and keep it as a memento. K-k-kinda like a trophy
fo...
SIMONE ELKELES
Do I hear a challenge?” she whispers, “Oh, Carlos. You know I can’t resist a challenge.
SIMONE ELKELES
He opens his window and motions for me to open mine. When I do, he tries to say something. His voice...
SIMONE ELKELES
Dios mio, I think my brother lost his balls somewhere between here and Mexico. Or maybe Brittany has...
SIMONE ELKELES
When Brittany walks into Mrs. P.'s class on Friday I'm still thinking about how I'm going to get bac...
SIMONE ELKELES
Hey, Shell-bell," I say, leaning over her and wiping her face with a napkin. "It's the first day of ...
SIMONE ELKELES
Kiss me to see if we still have it. 'Cause you own my heart,soul,and everything else in between.
SIMONE ELKELES
There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justi...
SIMONE WEIL
The highest ecstasy is the attention at its fullest.
SIMONE WEIL
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
SIMONE WEIL
More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact ...
SIMONE WEIL
For when two beings who are not friends are near each other there is no meeting, and when friends ar...
SIMONE WEIL
All sins are attempts to fill voids.
SIMONE WEIL
To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.
SIMONE WEIL
Every perfect life is a parable invented by God.
SIMONE WEIL
I can, therefore I am.
SIMONE WEIL
I'll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear!
NINA SIMONE
The worst thing about that kind of prejudice... is that while you feel hurt and angry and all the re...
NINA SIMONE
Did you know that the human voice is the only pure instrument? That it has notes no other instrument...
NINA SIMONE
Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed wh...
SIMONE WEIL
There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of...
SIMONE WEIL
Most athletes get intimidated once they see how many fans are out there, but it almost calms me down...
SIMONE BILES
Physical intimacy is easy. Emotional intimacy is hard.
HANNAH SIMONE
I have an extended family of close friends, guy and girls.
HANNAH SIMONE
It's always exciting when you love something and you get the opportunity to share it with more p...
HANNAH SIMONE
My lashes are so long that if I don't curl them, I'm blind.
HANNAH SIMONE
Most high-level models that I've ever met are actually well-travelled; they're cultured, and...
HANNAH SIMONE