The opposite of the life where the girl can’t even speak to the boy she likes; the opposite of the life where the friends aren’t even good friends, and lots of days are wasted away feeling bored and kind of okay, like nothing matters much.
E. LOCKHARTAnd this is my life, getting dumped with no warning. Or liking people who don’t like me back, or who don’t like me enough, or not as much as they like someone else.
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My problem is I can think whatever I think-girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah – but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.
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It shattered something inside me that hadn’t been broken before.
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We should not accept an evil we can change.
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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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She doesn’t feel like crying anymore.
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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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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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And this is my life, getting dumped with no warning. Or liking people who don’t like me back, or who don’t like me enough, or not as much as they like someone else.
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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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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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If those are your friends, you’ve got no need for enemies.
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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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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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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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Always do what you’re afraid to do.
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