I bolt up the front porch steps, flinging drops of water off my arms and shaking my body out like a wet dog.
“My mother raised me to be polite, to be demure. I have long operated under the idea that civility is subservience. But it hasn't gotten me very far, that type of kindness. The world respects people who think they should be running it.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“She sighed. “ ‘Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.’ ” “More than that, if possible. Since there is absolutely nothing mediocre about you.”
― The Love Hypothesis
― The Love Hypothesis
“It’s easier like that, isn’t it? [...] Never showing anyone who you really are. [...] That way if something goes wrong, if someone rejects you, then it’s not about you, is it? When you’re yourself, that’s when you’re exposed. Vulnerable.”
― Love, Theoretically
― Love, Theoretically
“I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belong to you.”
― A Court of Mist and Fury
― A Court of Mist and Fury
“Why have I spent so long settling for less when I know damn well the world expects more?”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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