“All teenagers are drama queens inside their minds, even the mousiest of us. We load and reload movies of ourselves in heroic postures and outlandish triumphs, movies that if they were ever to be played in front of an audience of people we know and love, would cause us to shrivel in shame”
― Laurinda
― Laurinda
“I'd never been much good at finding openings in conversations here. I treated them like stuffing envelopes- the moment a gap appeared, I was worried I'd insert the wrong thing and it would sealed and delivered. Or I'd insert something too large to fit through the post, and it would not be accepted”
― Laurinda
― Laurinda
“In their white-daisy bouquet of slim pickings, they cast out all the yellow chrysanthemums, and anything brown was considered wilted.”
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“Never underestimate the power of a scented candle!" declared a sign beneath a display of coloured candles.
Yes, I thought. Buy two and invade Russia!”
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Yes, I thought. Buy two and invade Russia!”
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“I never tell them about our lives. You know why? It is not because I am ashamed. It is because some things are just good, too good to be judged.”
― Laurinda
― Laurinda
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