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“Love is letting someone have the power to hurt you in ways you haven’t even thought of yet.”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“I'm not spending my life pretending I'm something I'm not, or making myself smaller and quieter, just because someone else thinks I should.”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“I flick my eyes to the spot on her shoulder where her freckles match the constellations in the sky, and I smile. I get lost in her skin, sipping my drink and mapping the stars on her arm while everyone else talks and eats and laughs around me.”
― Hot Dog Girl
― Hot Dog Girl
“I’m not too big for this town, Dad. I never will be.”
― Hot Dog Girl
― Hot Dog Girl
“You love the person, not their bullshit. I call her out when she needs it, and I try to be understanding otherwise. You pick your battles. You love 'em for who they are, not who you want 'em to be." -Esther”
― Melt With You
― Melt With You
“You can't logic yourself out of heartbreak" -Chloe”
― Melt With You
― Melt With You
“You need this? Morgan, my coming out is mine. It’s not something to slap in your win column so you can feel better about yourself.”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“[...] but activism isn't something that happens in just one way or in just one place. There will always be more battles, and beating yourself up about not being able to do it all, all at once, doesn't do anyone any good.”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“Maybe she's beautiful and nice and talented. That should be illegal. It's not fair to the rest of us drudges.”
― Verona Comics
― Verona Comics
“You are more than the sum total of your bullshit background and your scheming. You’re everything I could possibly want.”
― Hot Dog Girl
― Hot Dog Girl
“So what if she’s a mess? Maybe we all are. But what if she’s meant to be my mess, and I’m meant to be hers?”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“Do you still think like that? The exit-strategy thing,” she asks.
“Sort of, I guess? It’s different now; it’s not urgent like it used to be. It’s more like a habit, if that makes sense?” I glance at her face. “You know how some people go to movie theaters and have to find all the emergency exits, or they go out to eat and have to face the door no matter what, and half the time they don’t even realize they’re doing it?”
She nods, but kind of slowly, hesitant.
“That’s how it is, just like a glitch in the comfort matrix or something. Something my brain tosses out there, and I’m like, ‘Cool, thanks for the suggestion, but maybe we could just play a video game instead.’ It’s just crossed lines. It’s fine.”
― Verona Comics
“Sort of, I guess? It’s different now; it’s not urgent like it used to be. It’s more like a habit, if that makes sense?” I glance at her face. “You know how some people go to movie theaters and have to find all the emergency exits, or they go out to eat and have to face the door no matter what, and half the time they don’t even realize they’re doing it?”
She nods, but kind of slowly, hesitant.
“That’s how it is, just like a glitch in the comfort matrix or something. Something my brain tosses out there, and I’m like, ‘Cool, thanks for the suggestion, but maybe we could just play a video game instead.’ It’s just crossed lines. It’s fine.”
― Verona Comics
“She shakes her head. "Because Tyler is a boy," she says softly. Resigned. "And girls aren't supposed to like other girls."
"Well some girls do," I say, echoing her words from the shop.”
― Some Girls Do
"Well some girls do," I say, echoing her words from the shop.”
― Some Girls Do
“People who aren't there for the bad times don't deserve the good. People who hurt you on purpose don't also get to celebrate with you. It's not being toxic or holding a grudge, it's actually just healthy.”
― Love at First Set
― Love at First Set
“Yeah, and you don’t have to be such an asshole, but here we are,” I say, flicking my eyeliner just right to create a wing so perfect that even Ariana Grande would be jealous.”
― Playing for Keeps
― Playing for Keeps
“Morgan makes laughing feel easy, like happiness is the default instead of something always just out of reach.”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“I don't know where this is going. Maybe nowhere. Maybe somewhere. Life is an unpredictable and strange thing like that, but.
But.
It's also kind of amazing.
And I'm so glad I'm here.”
― Verona Comics
But.
It's also kind of amazing.
And I'm so glad I'm here.”
― Verona Comics
“You and I might have the same last name, but we don't have the same parents. They aren't there for me the way they are for you. And when he dangled a chance to come home--"
"That's not home, Ridley. It's just a house we used to live in.”
― Verona Comics
"That's not home, Ridley. It's just a house we used to live in.”
― Verona Comics
“Even if my brain is one hundred percent over Chloe Shapiro, my libido probably never will be" -Fallon”
― Melt With You
― Melt With You
“Do you know how hard it is for a straight white guy to get anywhere these days?”
― Playing for Keeps
― Playing for Keeps
“I hold my breath, waiting, because I want something like that to exist, for something, anything, to be the Band-Aid over this gaping wound. And I get it now, I know that's all he could ever be, that's all anyone else could ever be: a Band-Aid, a butterfly strip, a temporary measure, because this is the after, and all the good stuff got left behind in the before.”
― Hot Dog Girl
― Hot Dog Girl
“What is time when you’re wasted on stolen whiskey on your crush’s couch?”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“Unfortunately, it also didn’t allow girls kissing other girls—something, you know, I really like doing.”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“Wow", she breathes when I'm finally done. And I think I want to live here, in the space of that "wow," In that one little syllable she's managed to stuff so full of adoration and joy.”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“I know I don’t have the face of a woman who walks into an office and demands answers - I have the faces of a girl trying to be too many things at once.”
― Hot Dog Girl
― Hot Dog Girl
“My whole life might be a never-ending series of question marks right now, but this I'm sure of. This I want.”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“Activism isn’t something that happens in just one way or in just one place. There will always be more battles, and beating yourself up about not being able to do it all”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
“And I get it now, I that’s all he could ever be, that’s all anyone else could ever be: a Band-Aid, a butterfly strip, a temporary measure, because this is the after, and all of the good stuff got left behind in the before.”
― Hot Dog Girl
― Hot Dog Girl
“It's been hard not texting her - I know she still sometimes talks to Gray - but I wanted it to be her decision to reach out... Well, more like my therapists wanted it to be her decision, if I'm being honest. But they helped me see that I really didn't want to force my way back into her life; I wanted her to want me there. And if she didn't, that was fair and fine and valid, and I would work through it in my counseling sessions.”
― Verona Comics
― Verona Comics
“I get up to follow her without thinking. I mean, I should wash my hands after touching all that greasy food, right? Right. “Are you stalking me now?” Ruby asks, narrowing her eyes in the mirror when I step inside the ladies’ room. She’s fixing her makeup, sliding an inky black line across her eyelid with near-surgical precision. “No.” Kind of. “Right.” She doesn’t look convinced.”
― Some Girls Do
― Some Girls Do
