“If I created a fable of my life, a fantasy, I see myself finally meeting God, gushing, crying, thanking the Almighty for the accolades, a fabulous husband, beautiful daughter, my journey from nothing to Hollywood, awards, travel. I can clearly see the Lord’s face, staring at me, taking me in and saying, 'You never thanked me for creating you as YOU.”
― Finding Me
― Finding Me
“I feel simultaneously intensely insignificant and hyperaware of how important everyone is.”
― Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
― Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
“you can’t predict your dying day, Ricki. And you can’t cheat it, either. If you want something? Get it while you can.”
― A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
― A Love Song for Ricki Wilde
“America seems filled with violent people who like causing people pain but hate when those people tell them that pain hurts.”
― Heavy
― Heavy
“The best kind of love doesn’t happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life. It’s not grand gestures that show how you feel, it’s all the little secret things you do to make her life better that you never tell her about.”
― Just for the Summer
― Just for the Summer
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