It shattered something inside me that hadn’t been broken before.
E. LOCKHARTIt shattered something inside me that hadn’t been broken before.
E. LOCKHARTAlways do what you’re afraid to do. … I will prove myself strong when they think I am sick. I will prove myself brave when they think I am weak.
E. LOCKHARTDo not think about guys who have broken your heart six ways. It is mentally deranged to chase after heartbreak.
E. LOCKHARTThey 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.
E. LOCKHARTEverything doesn’t seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you’re young.
E. LOCKHARTI looked at her. my lovely, tall mother with her pretty coil of hair and her hard, bitter mouth. Her veins were never open. Her heart never leapt out to flop helplessly on the lawn. She never melted into puddles. She was normal. Always. At any cost.
E. LOCKHARTSomeone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.
E. LOCKHARTWe can’t know or say what other people do. You have to think what you want to do to get the situation where you want it to be.
E. LOCKHARTLove is when you have a really amazing piece of cake, and it’s the very last piece, but you let him have it.
E. LOCKHARTLove is when you give someone else the power to destroy you, and you trust them not to do it.
E. LOCKHARTWe should not accept an evil we can change.
E. LOCKHARTI sit around too much, waiting for other people to do stuff and angsting about stuff they’ve done, without doing anything myself.
E. LOCKHARTNever take a seat in the back of the room. Winners sit up front.
E. LOCKHARTAlways do what you’re afraid to do.
E. LOCKHARTYou are my girlfriend,” whispered Matthew. ” You’re my girl and I’m your guy, and you’re my girl and I’m your guy. Let’s not fight.” -pg 126
E. LOCKHARTIf you don’t want to be in an argument with someone, it is probably best to try to solve the problem, rather than lying around hoping the other person will do it for you.
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