{"author":"Rachel Cohn","author_id":"Rachel+Cohn","total_quotes":64,"quotes":[{"text":"You think fairy tales are only for girls? Here’s a hint—ask yourself who wrote them. I assure you, it wasn’t just the women. It’s the great male fantasy—all it takes is one dance to know that she’s the one. All it takes is the sound of her song from the tower, or a look at her sleeping face. And right away you know—this is the girl in your head, sleeping or dancing or singing in front of you. Yes, girls want their princes, but boys want their princesses just as much. And they don’t want a very long courtship. They want to know immediately.","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["fairy-tale","love"],"id":504,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"},{"text":"All this hoping for nothing-or someone-that's maybe hopeless.","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["hope","life"],"id":10854,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"},{"text":"Know what the best thing your true love can give you is?” I asked him.“What?” said Dash.“True love.","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["christmas","dash-and-lily","love","otp","true-love","twelve-days-of-christmas"],"id":13390,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"},{"text":"We're better off. But I don't know if the world's better off. I don't know if the two are the same thing.","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["better-off","improvement","progress","world"],"id":14340,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"},{"text":"I lost myself immediately in one of the books, only emerging when the phone rang.“Dashiell?” my father intoned. As if someone else with my voice might be answering the phone at my mother’s apartment.“Yes, Father?”“Leeza and I would like to wish you a merry Christmas.”“Thank you, Father. And to you, as well.”[awkward pause][even more awkward pause]“I hope your mother isn’t giving you any trouble.”Oh, Father, I love it when you play this game.“She told me if I clean all the ashes out of the grate, then I’ll be able to help my sisters get ready for the ball.”“It’s Christmas, Dashiell. Can’t you give that attitude a rest?”“Merry Christmas, Dad. And thanks for the presents.”“What presents?”“I’m sorry—those were all from Mom, weren’t they?”“Dashiell …”“I gotta go. The gingerbread men are on. ","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["funny","sad"],"id":23066,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"},{"text":"There's no such thing as ready, there's only willing.","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["life-lessons"],"id":26239,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"},{"text":"There is no such thing as a soulmate…and who would want there to be? I don’t want half of a shared soul. I want my own damn so.","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["soulmates"],"id":34550,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"},{"text":"Better to end this dream before it becomes a nightmare.","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["dreams","life","love","nick-norah-s-infinite-playlist","nightmare","reality-check"],"id":44930,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"},{"text":"I deciced if I were ever to get into booze and women, my line would be, 'Excuse me, madam, but I would really love to bed and muss you. . . . Are you perchance free this evening?","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["christmas","humor","romance","teen"],"id":55669,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"},{"text":"The mosh pit will reveal all the answers. The mosh pit never lies.-Norah, Nick \u0026 Norah's Infinite Playlist. ","author":"Rachel Cohn","tags":["honesty","music"],"id":56843,"author_id":"Rachel+Cohn"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":64,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}