…a box where she was expected to be sweet and sensitive (but not oversensitive); a box for young and pretty girls who were not as bright or powerful as their boyfriends. A box for people who were not forces to be reckoned with.
E. LOCKHARTAlways do what you’re afraid to do.
More E. Lockhart Quotes
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A tomato may be a fruit, but it is a singular fruit. A savory fruit. A fruit that has ambitions far beyond the ambitions of other fruits.
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You 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
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Never take a seat in the back of the room. Winners sit up front.
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Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with you.
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It shattered something inside me that hadn’t been broken before.
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There will be all these fifty-year-old women wearing hot pants and squeezing themselves into pretzel shapes and then there will be me. Just reaching for my toes like they’re China. ‘Hello there! You’re so far away, I can’t get to you! Can you even hear me?
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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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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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If 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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Do not think about guys who have broken your heart six ways. It is mentally deranged to chase after heartbreak.
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8. Fact: It is a bad idea to date a known cheater, because even if he doesn’t cheat on you, you will always know he’s capable of it and will never fully trust him. Then you will become even more insecure and neurotic than you already are.
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Everything doesn’t seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you’re young.
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Because on some level, even though it never turns out to be true, and even though I should know better, I still expect life to be like the movies.
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I don’t know if there is a one for me. I think I might like variety.
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Maybe a friend is someone who wants your updates. Even if they’re boring. Or sad. Or annoyingly cutesy. A friend says “Sign me up for your boring crap, yes indeed”-because he likes you anyways. He’ll tolerate your junk.
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