Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"How did you know? That she wasn't the one for him" Now he's staring at his hands, slowing rubbing them together. "They just didn't have that . . . natural magic. You know? It never seemed easy." My voice grows tiny. "Do you think things have to be easy? For it to work" Cricket's head shoots up, his eyes bulging as they grasp my meaning. "NO. I mean, yes, but . . . sometimes there are ... extenuating circumstances. That prevent it from being easy. For a while. But then people overcome those ...circumstances . . . and . . ."So you believe in second chances" I bite my lip. "Second, third, fourth. Whatever it takes. However long it takes. If the person is right," he adds. If the person is . . . Lola"This time, he holds my gaze. "Only if the other person is Cricket."Chapter 27Pg 273"
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"How did you know? That she wasn't the one for him" Now he's staring at his hands, slowing rubbing them together. "They just didn't have that . . . natural magic. You know? It never seemed easy." My voice grows tiny. "Do you think things have to be easy? For it to work" Cricket's head shoots up, his eyes bulging as they grasp my meaning. "NO. I mean, yes, but . . . sometimes there are ... extenuating circumstances. That prevent it from being easy. For a while. But then people overcome those ...circumstances . . . and . . ."So you believe in second chances" I bite my lip. "Second, third, fourth. Whatever it takes. However long it takes. If the person is right," he adds. If the person is . . . Lola"This time, he holds my gaze. "Only if the other person is Cricket."Chapter 27Pg 273"
"كيف عرفت؟ أنها ليست المناسبة له؟" الآن يحدق في يديه، يفركهما ببطء. "لم يكن بينهما ذلك... السحر الطبيعي. أتعرف؟ لم يبدُ الأمر سهلاً قط." يضيق صوتي. "هل تظن أن الأمور يجب أن تكون سهلة؟ لكي تنجح؟" يرفع كريكيت رأسه فجأة، وعيناه تتسعان وهما تدركان قصدي. "لا. أعني، نعم، ولكن... أحيانًا تكون هناك... ظروف قاهرة. تمنع الأمر من أن يكون سهلاً. لبعض الوقت. ولكن بعد ذلك يتغلب الناس على تلك... الظروف... و..." "إذن أنت تؤمن بالفرص الثانية؟" أعض شفتي. "الثانية، الثالثة، الرابعة. مهما تطلب الأمر. مهما طال الزمن. إذا كان الشخص مناسبًا،" يضيف. "إذا كان الشخص... لولا؟" هذه المرة، يثبت نظره في عيني. "فقط إذا كان الشخص الآخر هو كريكيت." الفصل 27 صفحة 273"
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Okay, I've lied to him. But you saw how jealous he gets. It makes me feel like I have to. And I shouldn't defend my right to be friends with another guy."
"حسناً، لقد كذبتُ عليه. لكنك رأيتَ كم هو غيور. هذا يجعلني أشعر وكأنني مضطرة لذلك. ولا ينبغي لي أن أدافع عن حقي في أن أكون صديقة لرجل آخر."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Autumn is coming. For as long as I can remember, I've talked to the moon. Asked her for her guidance. There's something deeply spiritual about her waxing and waning. She wears a new dress every evening, yet she's always herself. And she's always there."
"سيأتي الخريف. وطالما أذكر، كنت أتحدث إلى القمر. أطلب منها إرشادي. هناك شيء روحي عميق في اكتمالها وتناقصها. إنها ترتدي ثوبًا جديدًا كل مساء، ومع ذلك تظل هي نفسها دائمًا. وهي موجودة دائمًا."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"I don't believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day."
"أنا لا أؤمن بالموضة، بل أؤمن بالزيّ التنكّري. فالحياة أقصر من أن تكون الشخص نفسه كل يوم."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"I told him your loins were clearly burning, and he should man up and make a move."You did"
"قلت له إن أحشاءك كانت تتوق بوضوح، وعليه أن يتحلى بالرجولة ويقدم على خطوة." "فعلتِ ذلك؟"
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"I get out of the car, and I'm blasted by the stench of body odor. Cricket is beside me, and he's talking, but his words don't reach my ears. Because it's my mother. Smelling. On my porch."
"أخرج من السيارة، فتصفعني رائحة العرق الكريهة. كريكيت بجانبي يتحدث، لكن كلماته لا تصل إلى أذني.
لأنها أمي.
تفوح منها الرائحة.
على شرفتي."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"So why did he do it"Cricket rakes a hand through his hair. "For the same reason everyone makes mistake. He fell in love."
"فلمَ فعل ذلك؟"
يمرر كريكيت يده في شعره ويقول: "للسبب ذاته الذي يجعل الجميع يرتكبون الأخطاء. لقد وقع في الحب."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"So why did he do it"Cricket rakes a hand through his hair. "For the same reason everyone makes mistakes. He fell in love."
"فلمَ فعل ذلك إذن؟"
يمرر كريكيت يده في شعره. "للسبب عينه الذي يزلّ لأجله كل إنسان. لقد وقع في الغرام."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Everyone makes mistakes. The important thing is to not make the same mistake twice."
"كل إنسان يخطئ. المهم ألا يقع في الخطأ نفسه مرتين."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Andy once clipped a magazine article about how black dogs are always the last to be adopted at shelters and, therefore, more likely to be put down. Which is totally Dog Racism, if you ask me."
"قصّ آندي ذات مرة مقالاً من مجلة يتحدث عن أن الكلاب السوداء هي دائمًا آخر من يتم تبنيها في الملاجئ، وبالتالي، أكثر عرضة للقتل. وهذا، إن سألتني، عنصرية كلابية بامتياز."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"I pull back, gasping for breath. Reeling. His breath is ragged, and I place my hands on his cheeks to steady him. "Is this okay" I whisper. "Are you okay"His reply is anguished. Honest. "I love you."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"That’s the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I don’t want to let it go. It becomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under its heavy weight and breathe it into my lungs. I want to nurture it, grow it, cultivate it. It’s mine. I want to check out with it, drift asleep wrapped in its arms and not wake up for a long, long time."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Because that's the thing about depression. When I feel it deeply, I don't want to let it go. It becomes a comfort. I want to cloak myself under its heavy weight and breathe it into my lungs. I want to nurture it, grow it, cultivate it. It's mine. I want to check out with it, drift asleep wrapped in its arms and not wake up for a long, long time."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Thank you for helping my sister,” he says. I lean forward, mimicking his position. “I’m happy to.”Calliope leans out her window. “STOP FLIRTING AND GET BACK TO WORK."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"If I weren't standing next to your boyfriend, I'd be tempted to ask you out myself."She blushes, and St. Clair bounds inside the box office and wrestles her into a hug. "Miiiiiiiiine!" he says."Cut it out." Anna pushes him off, laughing. "You'll get fired. And then I'll have to support your sorry arse for the rest of our lives."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Cricket Bell.” I smiled into my phone. “How did you get so wise?"
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"What...what about when I'm married?”“We'll buy a cot. Your husband can sleep on that when he visits."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"Life isn’t about what you get, it’s about what you DO with what you get."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"It's become impossible to deny he means something to me."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
"I look at you, and I think about you, and ... I don't know. No one has ever confounded me the way you do."
Stephanie Perkins, Lola and the Boy Next Door
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