“When someone's been gone a long time, at first you save up all the things you want to tell them. You try to keep track of everything in your head. But it's like trying to hold on to a fistful of sand: all the little bits slip out of your hands, and then you're just clutching air and grit.”
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
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“That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.”
― The God of Small Things
― The God of Small Things
“Pain makes us crazy. All we want is to throw the live coal of it as far from us as we can, not thinking what we might set afire.”
― Before We Visit the Goddess
― Before We Visit the Goddess
“You've just gotta hold your head up and act like you don't give a shit”
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
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