Saying ‘I notice you’re a nerd’ is like saying, ‘Hey, I notice that you’d rather be intelligent than be stupid, that you’d rather be thoughtful than be vapid, that you believe that there are things that matter more than the arrest record of Lindsay Lohan. Why is that?’
–John Green
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1406384.John_Green
And Then She Kissed Him 
Not exactly historical, but a quote near and dear to my heart 🙂
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