“You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.”
― Keeping the Moon
― Keeping the Moon
“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. (...) You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“Did you ever walk through a room that's packed with people, and feel so lonely you can hardly take the next step?”
― Second Glance
― Second Glance
“I'm lonely. Why do you think I had to learn to act so independent? I also get mad too quickly, and I hog the covers, and my second toe is longer than my big one. My hair has it's own zip code. Plus, I get certifiably crazy when I've got PMS. You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not.”
― My Sister's Keeper
― My Sister's Keeper
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