Absolute Beginners Colin Macinnes Quotes & Sayings

I'm a show pony, and I don't get to skate with girls doing triple Axels every single day. I skate with little babies who are working on their single Axels while trying not to hit them on the ice. — Ashley Wagner

It was like we were two halves of an oyster shell, and when you put us together, it hid the gray gunk inside. — Alex Flinn

Demonstration, similitude & harmony are objects of reasoning. Invention, identity & melody are objects of intuition. — William Blake

The secret dream of thought is to enfold everything within the contour of the idea. — John O'Donohue

I tell Dylan I have to go to the bathroom. I shut the door and try to pee, but my dick's already sticking straight up at the ceiling. Great. I'm sure she caught that minor detail. We haven't even kissed yet. I shake my head and do my best to pee. I pull my pants back up, trying to make my hard-on less obvious. I stare at myself in the mirror and splash cold water on my face to calm down. My face flushed.
I concentrate on one critical thing. Last, Gray. You've got to make it last. No two pumps, you're done. Don't be that guy. You're stronger than that.
Think sports.
Try to name every candy bar you can.
Think about anything but what her body feel like, because as soon as you let yourself go there, It's over.
Enough with the pep talk. I take a deep breath. This is it. It's what you were born to do. — Katie Kacvinsky

I wanted to put a sheet in explaining what all the songs are about, but they didn't do it. — Dick Dale