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1 " The girl was like a closed book—with some of the pages ripped out. "
― Sandhya Menon , 10 Things I Hate About Pinky (Dimple and Rishi, #3)
2 " But listen, people can change all the time. Maybe not in big, profound ways, but in little, incremental ways that end up changing essential parts of them anyway. It's like a Rubik's Cube - you start with one line at a time, and then everything begins to fit together. "
3 " Pinky Kumar knew who she was - a social justice warrior. She wore that metaphorical badge with pride, laughing at those anonymous Internet trolls who used the phrase as a slur. What was wrong with being passionate and fiery and outraged? What was wrong with wanting the world to change, to expand its collective mind, to dig a little to find the last dregs of empathy it could find? "
4 " It's crazy how all these little moments weave together and become this, like, tapestry of life, isn't it? [...] "I mean, really, it's just these mundane moments. Setting up the tent, grabbing lanterns from the shed. Putting on sunscreen. But in the larger framework of life, it's all so vital to who we are. "
5 " Samir leveled a gaze at her. 'Sometimes, being in control is the only thing you have going for you. "
6 " She took a shaky breath and kept going. “And so yeah, you’re right when you say I antagonize her. Because it’s like, even when I don’t, she still finds a way to blame me for stuff. So at least, if it’s me doing it, I’m in control of it. Or it’s justified, right? "
7 " Who cares? Who cares what it says about you? Who cares if he’s the kind of guy your parents would pick for you? Who cares if you like staid and steady and even-keeled?” Dolly leaned forward. “What do you want, Pinky? Forget what everyone else would think or what it might say about your identity. What does your heart say? What does your soul say about Samir? "
8 " Considering her, Samir couldn't help but smile a little. Impractical and hot-headed as she was, he had to hand it to her. She approached everything she did with a tsunami of passion that he didn't think he'd ever felt, let alone for a game of Boggle. "
9 " The night was theirs. "