“we are always expected to plaster a grin on our faces even when we don’t wish to. I used to do it so often, I stopped being able to tell when I was smiling for me or for someone else. So now, I don’t smile unless I’m one hundred percent sure it’s something I want to do, not something someone else wants me to do.”
― Apprentice to the Villain
― Apprentice to the Villain
“Life’s short enough without us talking ourselves out of hope and trying to dodge every bad feeling. Sometimes you have to push through the discomfort, instead of running.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“Time, Vale,” I said. “Time is the most valuable resource of all, and some of us are perpetually short.”
― Six Scorched Roses
― Six Scorched Roses
“Things don’t have to stay as what they started out as.”
― Legends & Lattes
― Legends & Lattes
“Don’t you understand how condescending it is,” he said, “for someone you love not to tell you about the biggest thing happening in their life, because they don’t want to bother you? Because they think you can’t handle it?” “I just wanted to leave you out of it. Because I do love you. You know that. I’m always saying it.” “That’s not an act of love, Rache. It’s an act of…I don’t know, ambivalence. It’s an act of distance.”
― The Rachel Incident
― The Rachel Incident
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