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I had always felt that mittens were a few steps back on the evolutionary scale-- why, I wondered, would we want to make ourselves into a less agile version of lobster.

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Mittens, Lobster, Want

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.32, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Sorry to be so cynical, but this is New York

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New York, Sorry, Cynical

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.22, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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A guy can do far far worse than surrounding himself with people who restore his faith in humanity.

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People, Guy, Humanity

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.181, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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barfly n. You have the ability to talk to anyone which is an ability I do not share.

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Share, Ability

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.28, Macmillan

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incessant adj. The doubts. You had to save me from my constant doubts. That deep-seeded feeling that I wasn't good enough for anything I was a fake at my job I wasn't your equal my friends would forget me if I moved away for a month. It wasn't as easy as hearing voices nobody was telling me this. It was just something I knew. Everyone else was playing along but I was sure that one day they would all stop.

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Jobs, Voice, Fake

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.113, Macmillan

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If there wasn't a word for it, would we realize our masochism as much?

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Realizing, Ifs, Masochism

David Levithan (2011). “The Lover's Dictionary: A Novel”, p.134, Macmillan

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Now when I have to remember a date, all I have to do is consult my rap sheet.

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Rap, Remember, Sheets

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Here," she said. "This is for you." "I didn't really get you anything," I sputtered. "I mean, I didn't know that you were going to be here, and--" "Don't worry. It's your embarrassment at not having the thought that counts.

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Mean, Worry, Embarrassment

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.119, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Game over," you say, and I don't know which I take more exception to-- the fact that you say its over, or the fact that you say it's a game.

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Games, Over You, Facts

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.180, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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I was sixteen and equipped with the appropriate genitalia, so I cleared that hurdle nicely.

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Sixteen, Hurdle, Appropriate

Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.15, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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he is both the source of my happiness and the one i want to share it with.

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Want, Share, Source

John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.48, Penguin

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I know the odds are all against me and I know you might not feel this way too but I know I would rather die trying to know if I could mean something to you

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Mean, Odds, Trying

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.36, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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Sometimes when you hit send, you can imagine the message going straight into the person's heart. But other times, like this time, it feels like the words are merely falling into a well.

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Fall, Heart, Messages

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I am made for running. Because when you run, you could be anyone. You hone yourself into a body, nothing more or less than a body. You respond as a body, to the body. If you are racing to win, you have no thoughts but the body's thoughts, no goals but the body's goals. You obliterate yourself in the name of speed. You negate yourself in order to make it past the finish line.

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Running, Winning, Past

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.113, Egmont UK

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I can see that the sadness has returned. And it's not a beautiful sadness- beautiful sadness is a myth. Sadness turns our features to clay, not porcelain.

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Beautiful, Sadness, Clay

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.37, Egmont UK

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it's gonna hurt because it matters.

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Hurt, Hipster, Matter

David Levithan (2015). “Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story”, p.142, Penguin

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I only have eyes for you.

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Eye

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.126, Egmont UK

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Because when something happens, she's the person I want to tell. The most basic indicator of love.

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Want, Indicators, Persons

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.131, Egmont UK

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It won't be a normal life-I know that. But it will be a life. A life together.

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Together, Normal, Knows

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.168, Egmont UK

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I love you-I do-but I am afraid of making that love too important. Because you're always going to leave me, A. We can't deny it. You're always going to leave.

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Love You, Important, Deny

David Levithan (2015). “Another Day”, p.253, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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I know from experience that beneath every peripheral girl is a central truth. She’s hiding hers away, but at the same time she wants me to see it.

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Girl, Want, Hiding

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.9, Egmont UK

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This is the trap of having something to live for: Everything else seems lifeless.

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Traps, Lifeless, Seems

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.74, Egmont UK

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I have become very good at clearing histories.

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Very Good, Clearing

David Levithan (2013). “Every Day”, p.36, Egmont UK

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why won't they leave me alone? don't they realize I have a tinder heart and a paper body and that any spark will turn me straight to ash?

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Heart, Leave Me Alone, Ashes

David Levithan (2008). “The Realm of Possibility”, p.20, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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The tenderness between two people can turn the air tender, the room tender, time itself tender. As I step out of bed and slip on an oversize shirt, everything around me feels like it's the temperature of happiness.

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Air, Two, People

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