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The Kiss Quotient QUOTES

The Kiss Quotient QUOTES

1 " Women buy underwear for the men they love. It’s economics. Data supports this claim.”
“Are you telling me you love me, Stella?”
She hugged Karate Bear tight and nodded, suddenly overcome by shyness.
“You’re not going to give me the words?” he asked.
“I’ve never said them to anyone but my parents.”
“You think I run around telling women I love them?”
He pulled her close and pressed their foreheads together.
“I’m going to get the words out of you. Tonight. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

2 " She didn’t know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent . . . or obsessed. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

3 " This crusade to fix herself was ending right now. She wasn't broken. She saw and interacted with the world in a different way, but that was her. She could change her actions, change her words, change her appearance, but she couldn't change the root of herself. At her core, she would always be autistic. People called it a disorder, but it didn't feel like one. To her, it was simply the way she was. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

4 " She had a disorder, but it didn’t define her. She was Stella. She was a unique person. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

5 " She ached so badly to be held it felt like a sickness had invaded her muscles and bones. As usual, her own arms provided little comfort. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

6 " That's easy. Math is the single most elegant thing in the universe, and economics is what drives the human world. If you want to understand people in a sophisticated manner, I believe economics is the way. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

7 " It wasn't an absolute of course. People were people, and they hated to be entirely predictable. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

8 " Very deliberately, she reversed her shower routine, scrubbing herself from bottom to top. She wasn't a robot or a disabled autistic girl. She was herself. She was enough. She could be anything. She could make herself into anything. She could prove everyone wrong. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

9 " She put a spoonful of mint chocolate chip in her mouth. [...]
"Let me try it."
She held her bowl toward him, but he didn't put his spoon in it. He trailed his fingers over her jaw as he tipped her head back and sealed his lips over hers. His tongue speared into her mouth, and the salt of him mixed with the flavor of the ice cream. She didn't know if she was mortified, shocked, aroused or all three. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

10 " This was the beauty of apparel. A suit transformed you into a certain kind of person. A T-shirt, a different kind of person. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

11 " I don't want just a night or a week or a month with you. I want you all the time. I like you better than calculus, and math is the only thing that unites the universe. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

12 " This goes two ways, Stella. You like the feel of me. I like the feel of you. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

13 " You’re wet already, Stella. You’re like a Lamborghini. Zero to sixty in two point seven seconds. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

14 " Michael was mint chocolate chip for her. She could try other flavors, but he’d always be her favorite. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

15 " If you can’t stand being with a woman who’s more successful than you, then leave her alone. She’s better off without you. If you actually love her, then know the value of that love and make it a promise. That is the only thing she needs from you. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

16 " Everything about him pleased her. Not just his looks, but his patience and his kindness. He was good. He was an obsession waiting to happen. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

17 " All the things that make you different make you perfect. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

18 " When you love someone, you fight for them in every way you know how. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

19 " How did one not obsess over something wonderful? How did one like something a reasonable amount? "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient

20 " The hero didn’t even have to win. All he had to do to get the girl was fight for her. If he lost, she’d kiss him better. "

― Helen Hoang , The Kiss Quotient