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“I’ve yet to meet a person who didn’t become a stranger to themselves in love”
― M.O. Walsh, My Sunshine Away

“But for every adult person you look up to in life there is trailing behind them an invisible chain gang of ghosts, all of which, as a child, you are generously spared from”
― M.O. Walsh, My Sunshine Away

“meeting.”
― M.O. Walsh, My Sunshine Away

“life is made up, ever increasingly, of what you cannot change.”
― M.O. Walsh, My Sunshine Away

“annoyed. Parents have that special skill of making the truth, no matter how benign, an embarrassing thing. We all know this.”
― M.O. Walsh, My Sunshine Away

“I wonder if she is asking me for something, for some understanding. Some type of compassion or empathy. I’m not good at those emotions, or, if we’re being honest, any emotion except anger.”
― Kaira Rouda, Best Day Ever

“I taught myself how to imitate the look people have when they are feeling sad, for example. The corners of the mouth droop, the eyes fill with water.”
― Kaira Rouda, Best Day Ever

“I explained at the time. “There’s a difference between not expressing things and not feeling them. Remember me, Poker-face Paul? It’s a blessing and a curse. I’m a guy. It’s how we are, genetically. You know, hard on the outside, soft on the inside. The delay, honey, is all in your pretty little head.”
― Kaira Rouda, Best Day Ever

“I protect her and the kids from any harm that could come their way. From grandparents and babysitters,”
― Kaira Rouda, Best Day Ever

“She stays at home and cares for the house and for the children. Optimally, she learns to cook, but at the very least, she sets a nice table. This is what we talked about, what we agreed to, even on our very first date.”
― Kaira Rouda, Best Day Ever

“A friend said to me, “Hey you need to grow a pair. Grow a pair, Bro.” It’s when someone calls you weak, but they associate it with a lack of testicles. Which is weird, because testicles are the most sensitive things in the world. If you suddenly just grew a pair, you’d be a lot more vulnerable. If you want to be tough, you should lose a pair. If you want to be real tough, you should grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”
― Sheng Wang

“No book can be appreciated until it has been slept with and dreamed over.”
― Eugene Field

“Feminism is not a dirty word. It does not mean you hate men, it does not mean you hate girls that have nice legs and a tan, and it does not mean you are a bitch or a dyke. It means you believe in equality.”
― Kate Nash