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Emily Jenkins est née le 13 septembre 1967 à New York. Elle utilise souvent comme nom de plume : E. Lockhart. Elle est écrivaine américaine de livres pour enfants, romans pour adolescents ou encore fictions pour adultes. Elle a grandi à Cambridge et à Seattle et a étudié l'anglais au Vassar College. Emily a eu ensuite son doctorat en littérature anglaise. Elle vit actuellement dans la région de New York.

Jenkins écrit sous le nom de Lockhart pour le marché des adolescents, reprenant le nom de sa grand-mère. Son premier roman a été The Boyfriend List publié en 2004. Wikipedia  

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“Get over it, Roo. If you have friends who actually like you, you’re popular enough.”

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Source: Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver

“My problem is I can think whatever I think—girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah — but I still feel the way I feel.
Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.”

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Source: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver

“These guys, they were so sure of their places in life--so deeply confident of their merit and their future--they didn't need any kind of front at all.”

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E. Lockhart livre The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Source: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

“In America, here is how we operate: We work for what we want, and we get ahead. We never take no for answer, and we deserve the rewards of our perseverance.”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

Source: We Were Liars

“He had that hungry mind, constantly turning things over, looking not for answers but for understanding.”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

Source: We Were Liars

“Love is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and it’s the very last piece, but you let him have it.”

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Source: Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver

“Singin' in the Rain was most excellent if you like movies where people burst into song and tap-dance. Which I do, though not as much as I like movies where people don't.”

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Source: The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them

“I wanted to touch him like he was a bunny, a kitten, something so special and soft your fingertips can’t leave it alone.”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

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“Do not think about guys who have broken your heart six ways. It is mentally deranged to chase after heartbreak.”

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Source: The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver

“People think of hearts when they think of love, but a heart is a bloody organ in the body. It doesn't have any emotions. It's like a metaphor for love that has nothing to do with what love actually is.”

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Source: Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything

“For Gat with everything, everything. Cady”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

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“Dances are generally more fun to think about and get ready for than they actually are when you get there.”

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Source: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver

“My boyfriend is named Percocet," I say. "We're very close. I even went to Europe with him last summer.”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

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“It all seems so sad, so unbearably sad for a second, to think of the lovely old maple with the swing. We never told the tree how much we loved it. We never gave it a name, never did anything for it.”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

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“I think it was the institution… I was trying to master it.”

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E. Lockhart livre The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Source: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

“They do sometimes go crazy, these people, because the world is telling them not to want the things they want. It can seem saner to give up-But then one goes insane from giving up.”

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E. Lockhart livre The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

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“And this is my life, getting dumped with no warning. Or liking people who don't like me back, or who don't like me enough, or not as much as they like someone else.”

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Source: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver

“I don't know if there is a one for me. I think I might like variety.”

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Source: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver

“Love is when you give someone else the power to destroy you, and you trust them not to do it.”

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Source: Real Live Boyfriends: Yes. Boyfriends, Plural. If My Life Weren't Complicated, I Wouldn't Be Ruby Oliver

“You can't believe because she tells you to," I said
"No. The question is: how to be a good person if I don't believe anymore.”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

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“I used to be strong, but now I am weak.
I used to be pretty, but now I look sick.”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

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“I swear, I have no understanding of other human beings.”

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Source: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver

“I lie there and wait, and remind myself over and over that it doesn’t last forever. That there will be another day and after that, yet another day. One of those days, I’ll get up and eat breakfast and feel okay.”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

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“How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?”

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Source: The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver

“Sometimes it's a good idea to think about what youfrom a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head.”

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Source: The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver

“We all know that Beauty grows to love the Beast. She grows to love him, despite what her family might think ⎼ for his charm and education, his knowledge of art and his sensitive heart.”

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E. Lockhart livre We Were Liars

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“She wasn't a person who needed to be liked so much as she was a person who liked to be notorious.”

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E. Lockhart livre The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

Source: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks