“I want you to know I'm rooting for you.' Sometimes we need to hear that, even from a stranger.”
― Holding Up the Universe
― Holding Up the Universe
“I was tired, it was late, I was sitting half-asleep in the back of a taxi, remembering strangely that wherever I go, you are with me, and so is he, and that as long as you both live the world will be beautiful to me.”
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
― Beautiful World, Where Are You
“Dear friend, You are not a freak. You are wanted. You are necessary. You are the only you there is. Don’t be afraid to leave the castle. It’s a great big world out there. Love, a fellow reader”
― Holding Up the Universe
― Holding Up the Universe
“This was another truth I discovered back then: A story about you doesn't necessarily belong to you. It belongs to the writer. To the witness. To the teller.”
― The Girl from Widow Hills
― The Girl from Widow Hills
“I'm tired and angry at me. For letting myself get smaller and smaller in the hopes that he would notice me more. But how can someone notice you if you keep getting smaller?”
― Girl in Pieces
― Girl in Pieces
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