Claire LaZebnik famous quotes

03-28-2025

I got lost in him, and it was the kind of lost that's exactly like being found.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Kind #Lost #Found
Every guy seems nice until heâ€™s not.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Nice #Guy
No one's family is normal. Normalcy is a lie invented by advertising agencies to make the rest of us feel inferior.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Family #Lying #Agency
But I know how this romantic stuff works: one girl's perfect guy is another girl's reject. And right now I'm glad of it.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Girl #Perfect #Guy
He only invited me because of you and Chase.' 'Right,' she said, following me inside. 'He's never shown the slightest interest in you before. I mean, he's never stared at you like you're the only person in the room when we're all together. Or sulked around for days because you turned him down for a dance. Or touched the sleeve of your sweater when he thinks no one's looking-' 'He's never done any of that,' I said. Then, less confidently, 'Has he?
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Mean #Thinking #Sweaters
Sometimes people say that kids with autism aren't capable of love. That's ridiculous. My son loves deeply. He's just doesn't communicate well.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Kids #Son #Deep Love
For a long time our son ws a little boy with autism, which was a certain kind of challenge. Now that he's a teenager with autism - and a teenager who notices girls - we're faced with something else altogether.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Girl #Teenager #Son
Don't think that there's a different, better child 'hiding' behind the autism. This is your child. Love the child in front of you. Encourage his strengths, celebrate his quirks, and improve his weaknesses, the way you would with any child.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Children #Thinking #Autism
Value people because of who they were deep down, not because of their names or their parentsâ€™ clout.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Names #People #Parent
Isabella: "Why are you being so mean to me?" Harry: "Because i love you" Isabella: "Does that ever work?" Harry: "On my mother it does." Isabella: "I'm not your mother." Harry: "I know that already, because I'm enjoying your company.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Mother #Love You #Mean
Alex touches her arm. "You look nice." "Nice?" she repeats. "Try harder, Alex." He flushes adorably. "Really nice," he says. "Next time, try this," Harry says. He reaches for my hand. "Franny, I didn't know what beauty was until I saw you walking toward us a minute ago. "I like this better," I say, pulling away. "At least he sounded like he meant it." "I meant it," Harry says, almost irritably.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Nice #Hands #Trying
I was isolated but not ostracized, ignored but not abused.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Ignored #Isolated
..."And then we played Ping-Pongâ€”â€ â€œNot pool? I always assumed he was a billiards manâ€”I mean, itâ€™s so handy the way he keeps a stick up hisâ€”
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Mean #Men #Way
Basically, the world is a giant shithole. But some of us are capable of imagining something better.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Giants #World #Something Better
Juliana's a year older than me, but she sometimes seems younger - mostly because she's the opposite of cynical and I'm the opposite of the opposite of cynical.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Years #Opposites #Cynical
He canâ€™t ground her if heâ€™s already killed her,â€ I pointed out when Juliana quoted this to me. â€œWell, he can, but it wouldnâ€™t have the same impact.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Impact #Wells
I cursed myself not only for forgetting to turn my phone off but for ever thinking that having a rock music ringtone was cool.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Thinking #Phones #Rocks
Man, I hated not being able to figure someone out. And from the slightly uncertain look he gave me as we all went to class, I suspected he felt the same way.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Men #Class #Looks
Everyone at Coral Tree Prep was good-looking. Really. Everyone. I didn't see a single fat or ugly kid all morning. Maybe they just locked them up at registration and didn't let them out again until graduation.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Morning #Kids #Tree
He was wearing a plain white oxford unbuttoned over a T-shirt, but something about the way they fit made him look put together, like an Abercrombie model (well, like an Abercrombie model who had remembered to put on a shirt that morning).
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Morning #Oxford #White
And Derek was... what? A pair of dark eyes that hid more than they revealed and some broad shoulders and a mouth that could be cold and thin and then suddenly widen into a generous grin just when you thought such a thing was impossible.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Eye #Dark #Mouths
I want a tutor,â€ Layla said. â€œIt would make doing homework so much easier.â€ â€œMe too,â€ said Kaitlyn. â€œIf Layla gets one, I get one.â€ â€œNo daughter of mine will ever have a tutor,â€ Dad said. â€œWhat if weâ€™re failing a course?â€ asked Layla. His graying eyebrows drew together. â€œIf you fail a single course, young lady, we will pull you out of school and get you a job scrubbing toilets for the rest of your life.
-- Claire LaZebnik

#Daughter #Jobs #Dad

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