Because no amount of truth can be worse than the feeling she got after years of hiding from it.
“The problem with so many people you encounter in life is that they’re being the version of themselves they think they should be rather than the person they actually are.”
― The Love of My Afterlife
― The Love of My Afterlife
“them drag you to places you don’t want to go. Let them tell you things you don’t want to hear. Let them break you and put you back together. Like my beloved Stephen Sondheim wrote—Somebody hold me too close, somebody hurt me too deep. That’s what being alive is.”
― The Love of My Afterlife
― The Love of My Afterlife
“I’m tired of living the same page every day.”
― A Novel Love Story
― A Novel Love Story
“I was someone who took a long time to figure things out. But maybe it didn’t matter. I was enjoying myself.”
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
― Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
“being alive is about experiencing the full gamut of emotions. If you’re not feeling pushed and pulled and scared and delighted instead of just safe—then you’re not doing it right.”
― The Love of My Afterlife
― The Love of My Afterlife
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