Never take a seat in the back of the room. Winners sit up front.
E. LOCKHARTBecause 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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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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Do not think about guys who have broken your heart six ways. It is mentally deranged to chase after heartbreak.
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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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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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…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.
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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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Always 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.
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Other people apologize and don’t mean t “Sorry, but you shouldn’t have…” or “Sorry, but I just didn’t…” They apologize while telling you that they were right all along, which is the opposite of an actual apology.
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We should not accept an evil we can change.
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She doesn’t feel like crying anymore.
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How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?
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I 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.
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Everything doesn’t seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you’re young.
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Love is when you give someone else the power to destroy you, and you trust them not to do 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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