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41 " Tom was okay, but we were just pretending to like each other, hoping that eventually, if we pretended hard enough, it would turn real. Maybe it would and maybe it wouldn't. But Jonah was already real. Even Matthew was real, though I'd never seen him. And they made me real. "
― Natalie Standiford , How to Say Goodbye in Robot
42 " I missed him desperately, even though he’d said he hated me, even though his anger—the rampage at his house, the X through his yearbook page, the cruel way he withdrew from everyone—scared me. I didn’t care if he wasn’t my boyfriend, or even my friend. He was my Jonah. I felt more alone without him now than I’d ever felt before I met him. My life had a hole in it. "
43 " How do you define a boyfriend? If a boyfriend is the first person you think about when you wake up in the morning and the last face you see before you fall asleep, then I was in love with Jonah. But if a boyfriend had to involve physical chemistry and kissing and sex and stuff, then, no, he wasn’t that. "
44 " He'd learned a lot in the short time he'd been with the Cahills, and one of the biggest lessons was not to hold back. Go for it now, because you never knew what could happen the next day, or even the next minute . - Pony "
― Natalie Standiford , Countdown (The 39 Clues: Unstoppable, #3)
45 " El amor enloqueció a Norrie. Espero que nunca me pase a mí. "
― Natalie Standiford , Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters
46 " For a whole day I couldn’t remember that Dad was dead. It was as if accepting his death would kill me, too. I lost my mind; I can admit it. If you don’t go at least a little crazy when your favorite person dies, something is wrong with you. "
― Natalie Standiford , Astrid Sees All
47 " Selbst wenn ich wollte, könnte ich mich nicht mehr in die alte Schneekugel zurückquetschen, in der mich jeder haben will. Das Glas ist längst zerbrochen. "
48 " Before he sat down, my internal heat-seekers sensed what was coming my way:deep blue eyes that melted girls like Velveeta in a microwave. "
49 " Even Robot Girls get nervous sometimes. -Beatrice Szabo "
― Natalie Standiford
50 " In a romantic comedy, I would have been able to wipe all his troubles away with a single kiss. But that wasn't going to happen—not the kiss, not the troubles vanishing with it. I felt so close to him, but I didn't want to kiss him. And I didn't get the sense that he wanted to kiss me. "
51 " When we were upset as little girls, Dad used to say, “Let’s go to the window and see if we see anyone as unhappy as we are.” And he would lead us to the window, where we’d watch people pass by in the street until we cheered up. "
52 " Don, we're huge fans," I said. "Don, we're huge fans," he shot back in a high-pitched voice meant to mock me. What a jerk, I thought, but I didn't care, because he was Don Berman, and that's what Don Berman did. "
53 " Please leave, Pierce thought, glaring at Morrow. Please get out of here so my left leg can jerk in peace. "
54 " Of course, you realize that after eight hours stuck on a plan with Hamilton, Jonah, and Pony, I will be a stark raving lunatic.""You're already a stark raving lunatic," Dan teased. "Just get your butts down here. "
55 " vulnerability equals weakness, and weakness arouses contempt. I had only to hide my longing and my desire, and they would be fulfilled. Or at least they’d have a chance. "
56 " Nadine Gormey.Vice president, biochemical research.Hilarious. "
57 " Entonces me preocupé: ¿Qué pasa si me estaba volviendo como Ginger? ¿Qué pasa si no podía ser feliz a menos que estuviera con Robbie, como Ginger no podía ser feliz sin Papi? "