Tap & Gown Quotes

“Sometimes you met someone that changed the pattern, who wormed their way past the cracks in your heart, caulked them up, sealed themselves in, and stayed there. Sometimes they did it by insisting you meet them at every step, as Jamie had done to me.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“How do you know you're in love?" I asked her. "Because if it's determined by how willing you are to give up everything for the other person, I think it's a flawed system.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“There’s nothing wrong with Plan B.Play it right, and no one will even know it wasn’t your first choice.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“The last time I had sex,” I said, “was Halloween.”
He nodded slowly. “That was my birthday.”
I choked on my waffle. This was getting worse and worse. “No!”
“Why do you think they called me ‘Poe’?” I had always guessed it was because he was morose and taciturn and creepy.
“Um ... because ‘Hotstuff’ was taken?”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“Hey, Mom and Dad, this is my “friend” Jamie. My boyfriend Jamie. We’re going to England together. Also, I met him in a secret society. We’re Diggers,folks. And Eli graduates. And in love.What do you think?”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“It’s the underlying inequality. Someone is always the one who loves more, and it eventually drives the other—the less loving one—away. Just the pressure of it.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“You want to know what’s even more troublesome?” I scooted up. “Our real names rhyme.”
He chuckled. “Yeah, they do. I never thought of that.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“We’ve known each other for a while,” I said. “And our feelings just ... blossomed.”
“Like fungus off rotted meat?” Josh snarked.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“Pleasanter surprise,” he managed, backing us away from the threshold. There’s the idea. I pushed him gently against the wall and started tugging on his shirt.
“About to get even pleasanter,” I murmured against his neck as my fingers found the drawstring of his pants.Bad grammar is such a turn- on.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“Topher?” Dude, how many oaths did this kid plan to break in his first month as a Digger?Who did he think he was?Me?”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“The secret to surviving heartbreak is finding more pressing drama.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“You know what you remind me of,” Odile said to them as they scooted into the booth. “Those sneaky co-stars having an on-set affair who are always so careful not to let anyone photograph them together because they don’t want the paparazzi to have any material by which to draw inferences.”
“You know what you remind me of?” Jenny replied coolly. “The paparazzi.”
Odile: “Touché.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown

“I mean being a knight,” she said.“Was it worth it?”
The drama, the heartache, the stress? The friendships, the conspiracies, the pranks, the bonding ... Was it worth it?Oh, yeah.But then her words sunk in. Was. Past tense. For I was no longer an active knight of Rose & Grave.I was a patriarch.”
― Diana Peterfreund, Tap & Gown