Self pity is a disease which does not kill but corrodes.
AIDAN CHAMBERSI will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they’re just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time.
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I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they’re just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time.
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I thought how lovely and how strange a river is.
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As someone who knows her mind and who I envy for that. As someone who is strong in herself without seeming to need anyone else to help her. As someone who makes me thinks and unsettles me in a way that makes me feel more alive.
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Even if they’re saying your name with dislike, at least you know you’re you, that you exist.
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A joy that hurts with sadness a sadness that is pleasurable a pleasure full of terror a terror that excites an excitement that calms a calmness that frightens.
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I don’t write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away.
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There are times when you want to be what you have never allowed yourself to be before.
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However much you love somebody, you should always keep a part of yourself to yourself.
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And trust dies from ifs and buts
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How do I think of you? As someone I want to be with. As someone as young as me, but “older,” if that makes sense. As someone I like to look at, not just because you’re good to look at, but because just looking at you makes me smile and feel happier.
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The thing is, when love is real, whether it’s ebbing or flowing, it’s always there, it never goes away. And that’s the only proof you can have that it is real, and not just a crush or an infatuation or a passing fancy
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The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.
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The plain unwelcome fact is that sometimes life stymies you.
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And the price for being a homo-hater should be as high as anyone can pay.
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Like just now. Like now. How is it possible? Can you love someone more and more and at the same time, all the time, love them as much as it’s possible to love someone?
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