C.L. Lynch > Quotes

“But while women had more rights these days, I feel like they never actually gained any more respect. The boys around me still used the word ‘girl’ as an insult. They called girls who slept with them sluts, but girls who didn't were prudes, and they didn’t even bother to show girls basic courtesy anymore when they were courting them. They didn’t pull out chairs for their girlfriends or take off their hats or stand when they went in or out of a room. My father — my real father — raised me to do those things to show a woman respect, and my father had always had a tremendous amount of respect for women. Maybe there were new ways, more modern ways, to show respect to a woman. But if so, I didn’t know what they were”
― C.L. Lynch, History

“Love can’t be proven. You can spend your life looking for proof that people love you, but you’re going to find it thin on the ground. Some people will say they love you when clearly they don’t give a crap about you. Other people will swear they don’t care but would cross a mountain for you. The only thing you have to go by is a person’s actions. Do they act like they love you? Or do they act like they don’t?”
― C.L. Lynch, Chemistry

“I felt almost dizzy. I had a boyfriend. Me. At least, I assumed. I mean, a guy cuts off his hand and tells you he loves you, and then you make out – that basically means you’re dating, right?”
― C.L. Lynch, Chemistry

“In social situations like this, like when you find yourself in an elevator with someone who keeps humming “Happy Birthday” to his socks, you pretend the weird person isn't there.”
― C.L. Lynch, Chemistry

“I am a host of contradictions.”
― C.L. Lynch, Chemistry

“I had accepted three basic facts: First, that Howie was in no way normal. Second, that he had a mysterious disease which I really didn’t want to catch. And third–that I had a massive fucking crush on him anyway.”
― C.L. Lynch, Chemistry