Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most popular and impactful highlights and quotes from Almost Midnight:
“I'm not going anywhere, Noel''You are,' he said, squeezing her.'And it's okay. Just... I need you to take me with you.”
“Mags laughed. 'You're a kaleidoscope. You change every time I look away.”
“The whole world is dancing with you”
“this is an unnecessary gesture.''All the best ones are,' Troy Said. 'Now open the doors. My bladder is about explode,”
“skipping ahead. If you like someone, you should have to make an effort. You should have to work for that first kiss”
“skipping ahead. If you like someone, you should have to make an effort. You should have to get to know the person-you should have to work for that first kiss.”
“I like to dance in public,' Noel said. 'With other people. It's a communal experience.”
“I like to dance ”
“Mags nodded, and pushed with her shoulders away from the house, then Noel pushed her right back - pinning her as much as he was hugging her as much as he was crowding her against the wall.”
“I'm not going anywhere, Noel.''You are,' he said, squeezing her. 'And it's okay. Just ... I need you to take me with you.”
“I mean, you heard Mark. If you just want to see the new Star Wars movie, you can buy your ticket online and then forget about it until show time. But if you want to wait in line, you wait in line, you know?”
“He was the first person she talked to in the morning, and the last person she texted at night. Not intentionally or methodically. That's just the way it was between them. If she didn't tell Noel about something, it was almost like it didn't happen.”
“She tried to see herself the way Noel would see her, for the first time sine August. Then she tried to pretend she didn't care.”
“You have friends. You have a clique. You walk down the hall like you own the place.""You seem to have mistaken me for the movie Mean Girls”
“Mags didn't have any new tattoos. She hadn't changed at all. She hadn't even left Omaha-- she got a scholarship to study industrial design at one of the schools in town. A full scholarship. It would have been stupid for Mags to leave.”
“this Nisan unnecessary gesture.''All the best ones are,' Troy said. 'Now open the doors. My bladder is about explode.”
