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Laurel Perez
http://laurelinwonder.blogspot.com/
We’re not allowed to dream. The men believe it’s a way we can hide our magic. Having the dreams would be enough to get me punished, but if anyone ever found out what the dreams were about, it would mean the gallows.
“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
“All alcohol smells the same to me, of sadness and loss.”
― Fairy Tale
― Fairy Tale
“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
“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 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
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