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• Gideon laughed. "I like to be direct." "Okay," I said. "But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages." "I doubt it." "Human interaction is not my strong point," I told him. "Not seriously." "Seriously," I said. Thinking: There is so much about me he doesn't know. Gideon put his hand on my leg. "What's your strong point, then?" "Goats," I told him. "I am excellent with goats.

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  Strong, Thinking, Hands

  "Real Live Boyfriends". Book by E. Lockhart, 2010.

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• There was nothing I could say in retaliation except something that would confuse her.

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  Retaliation

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys”, p.8, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• ...El señor Wodehouse es un estilista de la prosa de un talento tan asombroso que Frankie casi saltó de alegría cuando leyó por primera vez algunas de sus frases. Hasta que descubrió Algo fresco en el estante superior de la estantería de Ruth una aburrida mañana de verano, las lecturas de ocio de Frankie habían consistido principalmente en novelas de misterio de bolsillo que encontraba en los estantes de la biblioteca pública al final de la manzana de su casa, y en los relatos cortos de Dorothy Parker. El jubiloso juego de palabras de Wodehouse se introducía en sus sinapsis como un gusano en una espiga de maíz fresca.

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  Summer, Morning, Block

  E. Lockhart (2014). “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks”, p.72, Hot Key Books

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• I know they're not getting divorced or anything, but when your parents argue it makes the whole universe seem like it's tipping, like everything could change if they got mad enough at each other, like the world isn't a safe place. And of course, that's true, isn't it? The world is not a safe place.

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  Mad, Parent, Tipping

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys”, p.58, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• Absorbing the fact that sometimes, people do cut you slack and forgive you and want you anyway. Sometimes they do. And when they do, even if it's not a happy ending, it is delicious

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  Cutting, People, Forgiving

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys”, p.174, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• Never take a seat in the back of the room. Winners sit up front.

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  Rooms, Winner, Seats

  E. Lockhart (2014). “We Were Liars”, p.68, Delacorte Press

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• How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?

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  Orange, Sparkle, Madness

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys”, p.31, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• I hate those endless descriptions of a heroine's physical attributes . . . it really bothers me how in books it seems like the only two choices are perfection or self-hatred. As if readers will only like a character who's ideal--or completely shattered.

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  Hate, Book, Character

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 1: The Boyfriend List”, p.19, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• Chocolate blanco. Intenso, dulce. Pero no profundo. Está bien para citas de graduación o aventuras, pero no para algo serio... Los chocolates con leche son chicos con los que podrías salir unos meses, y los chocolates oscuros son para el amor.

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  Sweet, Dark, White

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• I think it was the institution...I was trying to master it.

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  Thinking, Trying, Institutions

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• Always do what you're afraid to do.

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  Miedo

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• ...our family is white as far back on the family tree as I've ever looked, and I guess I picture people white white white unless someone tells me otherwise

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  White, People, Tree

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 1: The Boyfriend List”, p.11, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• My problem is I can think whatever I think—girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah — but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.

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  Life, Girl, Jealous

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• Meghan pushed her chocolate cheesecake across the table to me. I hadn’t gotten paid yet for November, so I had only ordered coffee. “Here,” she said. “Don’t you want it?” “Sure I want it. I ordered it. But I’m giving it to you.” “Why?” Meghan stood up and got me a fork. “Remember what Nora said about love? In your movie?” “Love is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and it’s the very last piece, but you let him have it,” I said. “So it’s really amazing cake,” said Meghan. “And I want you to have it.

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  Coffee, Love Is, Cake

  E. Lockhart (2010). “Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, plural. If my life weren't complicated, I wouldn't be Ruby Oliver”, p.194, Delacorte Press

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• I don't know if there is a one for me. I think I might like variety.

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  Thinking, Might, One For Me

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• Asúmelo. No va a haber un final feliz... al menos no con este héroe. Así que no vayas de luna pensando que tu ruptura es sólo la crisis previa a la gran escena romántica, porque estoy aquí para decirte que no es así. Cuando te dejan, te dejan, y el chico no va a cambiar de opinión y darse cuenta de que de repente te quiere a ti en lugar de a esa chica con la que está flirteando en el comedor, ahora que está libre.

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  Girl, Breakup, Love You

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 1: The Boyfriend List”, p.49, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them," said Mr. Sutton. "You show them the tiniest edge of your secret, but the rest you keep under wraps.

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  Powerful, People, Secret

  E. Lockhart (2014). “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks”, p.44, Hot Key Books

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• Get over it, Roo. If you have friends who actually like you, you’re popular enough.

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  Like You, Enough, Over It

  E. Lockhart (2010). “Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, plural. If my life weren't complicated, I wouldn't be Ruby Oliver”, p.96, Delacorte Press

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• Because on some level, even though it never turns out to be true, and even though I should know better, I still expect life to be like the movies.

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  Levels, Should, Being True

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 2: The Boy Book”, p.163, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• There's something about seeing a guy's feelings written down, something about him taking that risk and committing that heart to paper, that means so much more than anything he could just say.

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  Heart, Mean, Guy

  E. Lockhart (2009). “The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon--and Me, Ruby Oliver”, p.144, Delacorte Press

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• Do not think about guys who have broken your heart six ways. It is mentally deranged to chase after heartbreak.

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  Heart, Thinking, Broken

  E. Lockhart (2016). “Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys”, p.153, Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.

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• Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head.

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  Thinking, Ideas, Trying

  E. Lockhart (2014). “The Boyfriend Quartet: 15 Boys, 43 Lists, 120 Footnotes, and Too Many Panic Attacks to Count, All in Four Novels about Ruby Oliver”, p.198, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• She doesn't feel like crying anymore.

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  Cry, Feels

  E. Lockhart (2014). “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks”, p.217, Hot Key Books

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• Habrá todas esas mujeres cincuentonas llevando pantalones calientes y apretándose en forma de pretzel y luego estaré yo. Alcanzando los dedos de mis pies como si fueran China. ¡Hola! ¡Estás tan lejos que no puedo llegar a ti! ¿Puedes siquiera oírme?

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  Years, Hot, Shapes

  E. Lockhart (2014). “The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks”, p.143, Hot Key Books

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