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Laurel Perez
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Abuse came wrapped in different packages, and indifference to a partner’s pain was one of them.
“I guess I just mean that sometimes your mom says that things will be better for you in the future. And I think they will, Frankie. I think you're really smart and I think you'll do fine. But I also think it's not so bad if you never quite feel right in this world. It's still worth hanging around. You just have to look harder to find the things you love."
"Okay," I said. I kind of wanted to hug him.”
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
"Okay," I said. I kind of wanted to hug him.”
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
“it’s the stories of our childhood that make the deepest impressions and last the longest.”
― Fairy Tale
― Fairy Tale
“And then I got older, and, guess what? I still never felt right inside my body. I don't think I ever will. I was kind of flamed out everywhere I went, always got a little less than what I thought I'd get. But I guess that's okay. I think maybe it's necessary to feel like you're not quite settled, or maybe for some people it's necessary.”
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
“We’d created meaning where there was none, but, I don’t know, isn’t that art? Or at least I think it’s the kind of art that I like, where the obsession of one person envelops other people, transforms them.”
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
“I wondered how anyone found each other in a place where it was so easy to become lost.”
― A Snake Falls to Earth
― A Snake Falls to Earth
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