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Jessica Darling’s in college!
Things are looking up for Jessica Darling. She has finally left her New Jersey hometown/hellhole for Columbia University in New York City; she’s more into her boyfriend, Marcus Flutie, than ever (so what if he’s at a Buddhist college in California?); and... read more
Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit
Characters/People edit
- Jessica Darling: The main character in the series whose journals make up the novels.
- Marcus Flutie: Jessica's boyfriend, a buddhist trying to figure out his life.
- Bridget: Jessica's oldest friend, a former actress
- Bethany: Jessica's older sister.
- Marin: Jessica's niece.
- Kieran: Add a description of this character.
- Mann
- Sara
- Len Levy
- Pepe
- William
- Bastian
- Hope Weaver
- Scotty
- Jane
- Jessie
- Percy
- Paul Parlipiano
- Kazuko
- Manda
- Henry
- Lulu Livingstone
- Alf
- Barry Manilow
- Barnard
- Gladdie
- Taryn
- Geoff
- Matthew
- Dater
- Wallach
- Mrs. Rude
- Maddie
- Dexy
- Ms. Sheridan
Quotes edit
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“Accutane sucks every drop of moisture out of my body. I am one large flake of dandruff. The corners of my mouth are split open and bleeding, and I have to spread Carmex beyond my lip line, which makes me look like I've spent the morning sucking on a stick of butter.”
Jessica Darling -
“You're not listening, Most people talk when they have nothing to say, I'm not talking because I have too much say. None of whichI'd want you to hear.”
Marcus Flutie -
“All I'm saying is that you can't hide from certain death, so you shouldn't hide from uncertain life.”
Jessica Darling -
“We all die alone.”
Jessica Darling -
“We barely know each other, and yet have made a big difference in each other's lives.”
Paul Parlipiano -
“We love each other because of our flaws, not in spite of them. They make us who we are.”
Jessica Darling -
“It's easier to think you know it all when you don't know anything at all.”
Jessica Darling -
“This is not the end, not even the beginning of the end. But perhaps it is the end of the beginning.”
Mac -
“Nothing lasts forever, so everything is a phase, Some phases are just longer than others.”
Marcus Flutie -
“I am who I am and I did what I did.”
Marcus Flutie -
“My thoughts create my world.”
Jessica Darling -
“The only way to truly appreciate something's value is to distance yourself from it for a while.”
Jessica Darling
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“Love,” he said, “has the longest arms.”
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I'm siding with Freud. Humans find meaningfulness where none exists because we want to create a sense of order in this chaotic universe. It's called apophenia.
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We love each other because of our flaws, not in spite of them. They make us who we are.
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But what is love but the most extreme and exquisite form of risk perception?
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Women will always choose the man over the best friend. This is a sad but true fact of life, and it's only this certitude that makes me unashamed to admit it.
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This is what thirty-two years of marriage gets you: the utter satisfaction of predicting precisely how your life mate will annoy the hell out of you.
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That's what all love comes down to, doesn't it? We help others only as much as they let us.
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“He theorized that we don't fall in love with an actual person, but with a projection of our own desires.
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“‘This is not the end, not even the beginning of the end,'” Mac said, raising his glass. “‘But perhaps it is the end of the beginning.'”
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“Limerence is that euphoric, almost obsessive feeling you get when you can't stand to be away from someone. It usually occurs when you first meet,” he said. “But in some relationships it can last for years. It's rare, though.”
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Setting & Locations edit
First Sentence edit
Whoever said that you can't go home again was wrong.
Table of Contents edit
-Freshman Summer
*June 2003
the first
the seventh
the eighth
the fifteenth
the eighteenth
the nineteenth
the twenty-second
the twenty-seventh
the twenty-eighth
*July 2003
the first
the fourth
the sixth
the ninth
the fourteenth
the seventeenth
the nineteenth
the twenty-first
*August 2003
the fifth
the eighth
the tenth
the eleventh
the sixteenth
the eighteenth
the twenty-first
-Sophomore Winter
*December 2003
the seventeenth
the twenty-fourth
the twenty-fifth
the thirtieth
the thirty-first
*January 2004
the fifth
the eighth
the fifteenth
-Sophomore Summer
*June 2004
the second
the seventh
the sixteenth
the twenty-ninth
the thirtieth
*July 2004
the fifth
the tenth
the fifteenth
the twenty-eighth
the twenty-ninth
the thirtieth
*August 2004
the sixth
the tenth
the thirteenth
the sixteenth
the twentieth
the twenty-ninth
the thirtieth
-Junior Winter
*December 2004
the twentieth
the twenty-fifth
the thirty-first
*January 2005
the second
the fifth
the seventh
the eighth
the ninth
the tenth
the eleventh
the twelfth
the thirteenth
the fourteenth
the fifteenth
-Junior Summer
*June 2005
the first
the sixth
the eleventh
the sixteenth
the nineteenth
the twenty-eighth
*July 2005
the fourth
the eleventh
the fifteenth
the twenty-fourth
the thirty-first
*August 2005
the third
the seventh
the sixteenth
the twenty-seventh
the thirty-first
-Graduation
*December 2005
the twentieth
the twenty-first
the twenty-fifth
the twenty-sixth
the twenty-seventh
the thirty-first
Series & Lists edit
This is book 3 of 5 in Jessica Darling. (standard series)
Preceded by Second Helpings, and followed by Fourth Comings.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Megan McCafferty (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 9781400080427
Page Count: 360
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 9781400080427
Page Count: 360
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.6
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