“But the problem is, once you love someone, you can’t have it all anymore. Love comes with sacrifice. That’s how it works.”
― Great Big Beautiful Life
― Great Big Beautiful Life
“What does pink feel like?” I think for a moment. “I think it’s, like, the giddy part of a sunrise.”
― Great Big Beautiful Life
― Great Big Beautiful Life
“the problem is, once you love someone, you can't have it all anymore. love comes with sacrifice.”
― Great Big Beautiful Life
― Great Big Beautiful Life
“And then you started growing up, and you found new things to like. Things I’d never even really considered. Pieces of yourself that were all you. And you didn’t need me anymore. It was amazing—it’s what’s supposed to happen. But it was terrifying too. To let you grow past me. Suddenly there were all these locked doors that used to be wide-open hallways.”
― Great Big Beautiful Life
― Great Big Beautiful Life
“Whom do you love? What makes your heart beat? For whom would you unmake the world, and how would you build a new one? (pg. 414)”
― Great Big Beautiful Life
― Great Big Beautiful Life
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