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“Stop trying so bloody hard to be perfect. No one can be, and you don't have to be. I can't believe I'm the one telling you this, but just be yourself. Believe it or not, that's all the people who really matter want from you anyway.”
― Zeppazariel, Just Lovers [Like We Were Supposed to Be]

“Ryke smiles back, like he’s proud of me. “It’s yours, little brother. I believe in you.”
― Krista Ritchie, Addicted After All

“We're partners in crime after all. That means partners no matter what.”
― Holly Jackson, A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

“I had always been a "good" kid, the kind of kid that parents didn't have to worry about. My homework was always done, I never talked back, I always followed the rules, and I happily went along with what everyone else wanted. In a normal nuclear family, that kind of stuff made parents proud, right? But in a family such as min, it made me forgettable.”
― Lynn Painter, The Do-Over