“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
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“Teenage girls, please don’t worry about being super popular in high school, or being the best actress in high school, or the best athlete. Not only do people not care about any of that the second you graduate, but when you get older, if you reference your successes in high school too much, it actually makes you look kind of pitiful, like some babbling old Tennessee Williams character with nothing else going on in her current life. What I’ve noticed is that almost no one who was a big star in high school is also big star later in life. For us overlooked kids, it’s so wonderfully fair.”
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
“It's sort of my go-to stock image of my childhood, actually. I think it has something to do with knowing I'll never be able to go back to that time that makes me cry every time I listen to it.”
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
― Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
“Cram your head with characters and stories. Abuse your library privileges. Never stop looking at the world, and never stop reading to find out what sense other people have made of it. If people give you a hard time and tell you to get your nose out of a book, tell them you're working. Tell them it's research. Tell them to pipe down and leave you alone.”
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Laurie’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Laurie’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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