I was so good at being a kid, and so terrible at being whatever I was now.
“What can you feel? Sunlight, everywhere. Not just on my bare shoulders or the crown of my head but inside me too, the irresistible warmth that comes only from being in the exact right place with the exact right people.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place
“Sometimes I am disappointed with love. I thought that when you were in love, it would always be right there, staring you in the face, reminding you every moment that you love this person. It seems that it isn’t always like that.”
― If He Had Been with Me
― If He Had Been with Me
“There aren’t many social advantages to being fat, but I’ll give it this, nobody ever thinks you’re a cat burglar.”
― A House With Good Bones
― A House With Good Bones
“Meanwhile, I’m basically a walking, breathing bottle of soda into which a Mentos has been plopped, panic fizzing up, threatening to spew out between my cells.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place
“because you can’t let the light catch up with the present. Otherwise you’d forget.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
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