Rachel Cohn Quotes

One part of Judaism called tikkum olam. It says that the world has been broken into pieces. All this chaos, all this discord. And our job – everyone’s job – is to try to put the pieces back together. To make things whole again ... Maybe we’re the pieces. Maybe what we’re supposed to do is come together. That’s how we stop the breaking.

I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together while time stands still. Cozy couples lazily meandered the streets and children trudged sleds and chased snowballs. No one seemed to be in a rush to experience anything other than the glory of the day, with each other, whenever and however it happened.

The humans create life, and senselessly cause death. For nothing.

Maybe your unspeakable defects give you power too?

Get out of bed and feed me already, person!

When the time is right, when these feelings of rage and unfairness once again overcome me, I will not faint. I will fight.

I mean, like most guys, you carry around this girl in your head, who is exactly who you want her to be. The person you think you will love the most. And every girl you are with gets measured against this girl in your head.

Somewhere between a friend and acquaintance—a frequaintance, as it were.