EZMC > EZMC's Quotes

Showing 1-10 of 10
sort by

  • #1
    Laurie Halse Anderson
    “THE FIRST TEN LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

    1. We are here to help you.
    2. You will have time to get to your class before the bell rings.
    3. The dress code will be enforced.
    4. No smoking is allowed on school grounds.
    5. Our football team will win the championship this year.
    6. We expect more of you here.
    7. Guidance counselors are always available to listen.
    8. Your schedule was created with you in mind.
    9. Your locker combination is private.
    10. These will be the years you look back on fondly.

    TEN MORE LIES THEY TELL YOU IN HIGH SCHOOL

    1. You will use algebra in your adult lives.
    2. Driving to school is a privilege that can be taken away.
    3. Students must stay on campus during lunch.
    4. The new text books will arrive any day now.
    5. Colleges care more about you than your SAT scores.
    6. We are enforcing the dress code.
    7. We will figure out how to turn off the heat soon.
    8. Our bus drivers are highly trained professionals.
    9. There is nothing wrong with summer school.
    10. We want to hear what you have to say.”
    Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak

  • #2
    Elle Kennedy
    “Just out of curiosity,” she says, “after you wake up in the morning, do you admire yourself in the mirror for one hour or two?”

    “Two,” I reply cheerfully.

    “Do you high five yourself?”

    “Of course not.” I smirk. “I kiss each of my biceps and then point to the ceiling and thank the big man upstairs for creating such a perfect male specimen.”
    Elle Kennedy, The Deal

  • #3
    Elle Kennedy
    “Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived without them.”
    Elle Kennedy, The Deal

  • #4
    Colleen Hoover
    “Hearts get infiltrated.
    Promises get broken.
    Rules get shattered.
    Love gets ugly.”
    Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

  • #5
    Colleen Hoover
    “You're looking at me like you fell in love with me."
    "I didn't fall in love with you. I flew.”
    Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

  • #6
    Colleen Hoover
    “It's the beautiful moments like this that make up for the ugly love”
    Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

  • #7
    Colleen Hoover
    “I didn’t fall in love with you… I flew.”
    Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

  • #8
    Colleen Hoover
    “When life gives you lemons, make sure you know whose eyes you need to squeeze them in.”
    Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

  • #9
    Colleen Hoover
    “God gives us the ugliness so we don’t take the beautiful things in life for granted.”
    Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

  • #10
    Colleen Hoover
    “Love isn't always pretty. Sometimes you spend all your time hoping it'll eventually be something different. Something better. Then, before you know it, you're back to square one, and you lost your heart somewhere along the way.”
    Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love



Rss