Shelby
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“I look out the window into the hallway and watch the people while he works. It's amazing how many stories are going on all at once in this one hospital. How small Sasha and I and our little coincidences really are, even just in this one building.”
― Sick Kids in Love
― Sick Kids in Love
“My boyfriend, who I love, asked if I wanted to be with him and left before I could give my answer.
Which was: there are a lot of things about you I really like.
That's it. That's what I was going to say.
To my boyfriend. Who I love.
There are a lot of things about you I really like.
Thank God he walked out, honestly.”
― Sick Kids in Love
Which was: there are a lot of things about you I really like.
That's it. That's what I was going to say.
To my boyfriend. Who I love.
There are a lot of things about you I really like.
Thank God he walked out, honestly.”
― Sick Kids in Love
“I think it was like..." She paints on a stripe of nail polish. "We didn't want you to feel like you were less capable."
"And I appreciate that, but I don't actually need to feel more capable. I need to feel like it's okay to not be more capable.”
― Sick Kids in Love
"And I appreciate that, but I don't actually need to feel more capable. I need to feel like it's okay to not be more capable.”
― Sick Kids in Love
“Were you blackout drunk when you said I shouldn't date him because I shouldn't settle for someone sick just because I think I can't do better?"
"I just don't want you to feel like you're not worthy of anyone you want, whether or not they're sick, just because you have, like, a condition."
"Being sick is not a bad thing," I say. "And you guys don't get that. You will never get that.”
― Sick Kids in Love
"I just don't want you to feel like you're not worthy of anyone you want, whether or not they're sick, just because you have, like, a condition."
"Being sick is not a bad thing," I say. "And you guys don't get that. You will never get that.”
― Sick Kids in Love
“Sometimes even things you love are going to be too draining. But you've got to be with someone who understands you. That's really all it comes down to. All the complicated rules and compatibility tests...Really, it's so simple it sounds stupid.”
― Sick Kids in Love
― Sick Kids in Love
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