Marni Bates > Quotes

“You don't have to be anyone but yourself.”
― Marni Bates , Awkward

“That's always the worst: the not knowing. Because then you're stuck with a hundred questions no one can answer.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“...I never would have seen Chelsea reach up, take Logan's face in her hands, and kiss him. So the off again was definitely on again. And I knew then that Patrick was very wrong about my heart, because if it had actually been an encyclopedia I could have watched it all with perfect composure.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“...everyone would wonder, 'What's he doing with her?' And then you'd say, 'Hmm, good question,' and you'd dump me. That wouldn't be nice.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“Stupid patriarchal culture with stupid ideas of beauty—stupid me for going along with it.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“How stupid would that sound? It was high school, not the Hindu cast system, where the Untouchables have to avoid 'polluting' the upper classes.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“Too late to point out that he would be better off with someone smart and sweet and—okay—awkward than with Chelsea. Someone who could make him laugh. Someone like, oh, I dunno, me!”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“I fought the urge to flee by reminding myself that I couldn't run away every time I felt uncomfortable, embarrassed or hurt.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“You said, there was no harm in wondering. You said, it’d just be a peek, And you said, don’t be a mother hen. You said, you could land on your feet. But we both know now, You had to learn somehow. Alice, dear, things in mirrors are not as they seem. Stop risking it all on one of your lunatic schemes.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“And while, yes, a normal day for me means three AP classes, it really isn't so bad. Definitely stressful, but...”
― marni bates, Awkward

“What?" My head jerked up too quickly and I lost my balance. The stupid skates sent me hurtling toward the ground, which was exactly what I deserved for thinking that I could tutor and skate at the same time. The Greeks had a word for that type of pride: hubris. And it usually came before a very long and painful fall.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“You asked ... and now I get to ask you questions.” I made an expansive gesture that nearly knocked over my water. “I’m an open book.” “I’m dyslexic.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“You, Mackenzie,” he said slowly, “have a thesaurus where your heart should be.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“Eso es lo peor: el no saber. Porque entonces estas atascado con un centenar de preguntas que nadie puede responder.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“Toda esa historia de los notables y los invisibles. Ayer por la noche Patrick me demostró que este argumento no solo es falso e insultante, sino que me hace quedar como una idiota.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“Evito ser el centro de atención. Supongo que se podría decir que me esfuerzo para no ser identificada. Pero estoy bien con ser una nerd, absolutamente bien con el hecho de que nunca me inviten a fiestas.”
― Marni Bates, Awkward

“Most girls don’t get grounded right before Christmas because they slapped Santa in a mall, in front of a mob of little children. Then again, most girls don’t get escorted out of the aforementioned mall by security guards and depend upon their seventy-five-year-old grandfather to bail them out.”
― Marni Bates, Decked with Holly

“I’ll be sure to check myself before I wreck myself next time. Better yet, I’ll reprimand him using my indoor voice.”
― Marni Bates, Invisible