Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating Quotes

“Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“My point, dear sister, is that we all have people who we bend ourselves for the approval of. For you and me, it's Ammu and Abbu. For Hani, it's her friends. We all need to fit in, or need approval. You and Hani aren't that different, if you think about it.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“You made a mistake, and your Abba made a mistake too. It doesn’t make anybody the worst anything in the world. It just makes us human.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Right now, all men seem overwhelmingly unattractive - except the ones on the Netflix shows I watch.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Sometimes I think that maybe I like guys more as a concept than a reality. And girls more as a reality than a concept.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Ishu smiles, and my breath hitches at the sight of it. She smiles so rarely that each one – the genuine ones that light up her entire being – feels like a gift. Like something private she has only reserved for me.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“I want to ask her again, why. Why is she friends with people who don’t let her be who she is? Who make her feel uncomfortable and embarrassed of who she is?”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Family is complicated, Hani. Everyone has a different relationship with their family.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Gathered up in her arms with the beat of Bollywood music all around me, everything feels strangely right. Like none
of the bad stuff even matters any more. Because as long as Hani and I are side-by-side, everything will be all right.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“She smiles so rarely that each one—the genuine ones that light up her entire being—feels like a gift. Like something private she has only reserved for me.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“It’s like … heterophobia.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Can I at least talk about the racist British media attacking Meghan Markle?” I ask.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“they won’t know that you were never winning for them—you were doing it for yourself.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Aisling rolls her eyes again. “Why is this even a thing? Everyone knows that you’re going to be with a guy at the end of the day, and this whole bisexuality thing is your way of seeming interesting or whatever. Like you’re so Muslim you won’t even drink a drop of alcohol and you want us to think you’re for real gay?”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Who studies biology and chemistry first thing on a Saturday morning?”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“At least try shifting him before you make up your mind.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“It’s a good thing I spent last night studying because Ms. Taylor springs a surprise test on us as soon as we walk into double biology in the afternoon.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Because as long as Hani and I are side-by-side, everything will be alright.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“I lie back in bed and stare up at the beige ceiling, wishing that feelings and relationships made any kind of sense. But of course they don't. That would be too easy.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Cole Sprout.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating

“you made a mistake, and your Abba made a mistake too,' she murmurs. 'It doesn't make anybody the worst anything in the world. It just makes us human.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“I’ve been relegated to calling her Ishita, like someone who doesn’t know her, hasn’t spent time with her, hasn’t held her hand or thought about her until the late hours of night with butterflies in my stomach. Like we’re nothing to each other.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“Right now, all men seem overwhelmingly unattractive”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“people think our culture must be why we act and say the things we do”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“My point, dear sister, is that we all have people who we bend ourselves for the approval of. […] We all need to fit in, or need to be loved, or need approval. You […] aren’t that different, if you think about it.”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating

“How are lying and manipulating mistakes?”
― Adiba Jaigirdar, Hani and Ishu’s Guide to Fake Dating