Charming as a Verb

Ben Philippe

Top 10 Best Quotes

“Montreal is nothing like Manhattan; it’s smaller and more concentrated, and unlike the city that never sleeps, Montreal feels like a city that’s gotten a good night’s rest and woken up in time for a bike ride alongside the Saint Lawrence River.”

“City life tends to breed rudeness. Or at least a level of comfort with open displays of rudeness.”

“Cobblestone streets are coded into the genetic material of the western definition of romance,” she says coolly.”

“We’re all vibrating at the same frequency of anxiety.”

“Real advice, though? Stop trying to imagine what the other person wants to hear; that’s actively dumb.”

“It makes sense; we’re all dealing with the looming trauma of graduation. Any weekend is a good excuse for a party, and any party is a good opportunity to create a memory. There’s something new ahead, of course, but life as we all know it is in countdown mode.”

“It has nothing to do with what college you get into, dang it. You’re not some trophy to me. You’re—you’re my kid, and I adore you. Your mom says I should say it more. And I think she’s right.”

“I wonder how many simultaneous tabs she keeps open in her brain.”

“I tend to picture HarperCollins as an assembly line of hyper-literary raccoons, which now just sounds adorable. Little glasses on their noses and everything . . . Where was I? Oh, right. Acknowledgments.”

“All children are charming as an adjective, but you’re charming as a verb.”

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love, personality, inspirational, charm