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“How were you supposed to change- in ways both big and small- when your family was always there to remind you of exactly the person you apparently signed an ironclad contract to be?”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“Distance swimming is like a lot of things in life," Pringle told the audience that day. "There is no substitute for preparation, for training, for putting in the miles to build strength and endurance. But none of these elements really matter if you're not in the right frame of mind.”
― Charmaine Wilkerson, Black Cake

“...I knew dozens, maybe hundreds, of gorgeous, funny, smart, amazing women none of whom needed a boyfriend but none of whom could get a boyfriend, and the fact of that was slowly corroding their belief in themselves from within.”
― Monica Heisey, Really Good, Actually

“Maybe it’s a lie that you have to keep doing what you have always done. That you have to be able to draw a straight line from how you acted yesterday to how you’ll act tomorrow. You don’t have to be consistent. You can change. Just because you want to.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Carrie Soto Is Back