“I'm becoming an angry person with no tolerance for anyone. I'm aware of this shift and yet have no desire to change it. If anything, I want it. It's armor. It's easier to be angry than to feel to pain underneath it.”
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
― I'm Glad My Mom Died
“Though John didn’t believe artists walked in with a spark, he did know that there’s always a turning point—a light switch, where an artist goes from someone who might just have casual talent to someone with true promise. It’s not something you’re ever able to see on first glance because it takes time: it’s not a reality show. “I’d like to tell you people spark from their first lesson,” John said. “But they don’t.”
― Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Busted Up the Old Boys Club
― Her Country: How the Women of Country Music Busted Up the Old Boys Club
“Alone is how—”
“—is how we survive, yes, you’ve said. I can’t say whether that’s true or not, but one thing I do know is that alone is not how we live.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“—is how we survive, yes, you’ve said. I can’t say whether that’s true or not, but one thing I do know is that alone is not how we live.”
― The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
“You were the only person who did those things for me, so honestly, Gyu-ho, I actually really care that we’re not together anymore, a lot . .”
― Love in the Big City
― Love in the Big City
“I used to feel like I’d been given the whole world when I held him. Like I was holding the whole universe.”
― Love in the Big City
― Love in the Big City
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