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Kindred Spirits QUOTES

Kindred Spirits QUOTES

1 " It was a pretty good strategy for most social situations: show up, fall back, let somebody else break the ice and take the spotlight. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

2 " And the thing about nerd culture being mainstream culture now means that there's no place to just be a nerd among other nerds - without being reminded that you're the nerd. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

3 " If you broke Elena's heart, Star Wars would spill out. This was a holy day for her -- it was a cosmic event. This was her planets lining up. (Tatooine, Coruscant, Hoth.) "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

4 " Extroverts were nothing if not dependable. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

5 " People who are jerks don't get to decide whether they're jerks. It's left up to a jury of their peers. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

6 " It’s so warm,” he said. “I love inside.”
“Inside is the best,” Elena said. “Let’s never go outside again. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

7 " How could you possibly have a dark secret involving the Star Wars prequels? Are you responsible for Jar Jar Binks? "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

8 " I was born at the wrong time," she said. "And in the wrong climate. It should be 1983, and I should be sitting outside Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

9 " Gabe?" she said.
"What?"
"I can't sleep."
"Why not?"
"Star Wars! "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

10 " I saw the prequels in the theater," Gabe said. "When I was a kid. I thought they were awesome"
"And now?" she asked.
"They're my first love," he said. "I can't be objective. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

11 " What were they thinking when they scheduled this movie for December?" Troy said. "They weren't thinking of us, I can tell you. May," he said, shaking his head. "May is when you release a Star Wars movie. If this movie were a May movie, the line would already be around the block. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

12 " It was a pretty good strategy for most social situations: show up, fall back, let somebody else break the ice and take the spotlight. Somebody else always would. Extroverts were nothing if not dependable. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

13 " She’d made it. She was here. It was happening. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

14 " You have friends. You have a clique. You walk down the hall like you own the place.”

“You seem to have mistaken me for the movie Mean Girls "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

15 " Everybody likes Star Wars,” he said. “Everybody likes everything these days. The whole world is a nerd. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

16 " Troy and Sandra and Gabe acted out a lightsaber battle that brought tears to Elena’s eyes, probably because they were all three singing the John Williams music. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

17 " Elena bounced up and down, pointing from side to side.
“What’s that?” Gabe asked.
“It’s my Star Wars dance,” she said, bouncing and pointing.
After a few seconds, he joined her. Then Troy’s friends picked it up. The dance traveled down the line. From the street, they must have looked like the Peanuts characters dancing. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

18 " What's your favorite Star Wars movie?" Gabe asked. Uncharacteristically. Elena looked over at him.
"You might as well ask me who my favorite child is," Troy said. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

19 " Don’t worry about her!” Troy shouted from behind her. “She’s in good hands!”
Elena’s mom looked aghast. But she still drove away.
“I’m sorry,” Troy said. “Did I make that worse? I meant the hands of the line. "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits

20 " Learn from my mistakes,” she said.
Learn what? Elena wondered. Avoid men? Avoid love? Avoid radiologists who buy movie-replica lightsabers? "

― Rainbow Rowell , Kindred Spirits