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“Things go smoother if you don’t let people get a rise out of you,” he says. “If you give them control over how you feel, they’ll always use it.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“I saw a generation of young people struggling against the world and systems that they found themselves within and controlled by. The internet. School. Exams. The media. The pressure to be something, to look a certain way. To succeed at all costs. A particular notion of success was prescribed, given to them, fed to them. I saw this as a problem that was getting increasingly worse. They were suffering.”
― HappyHead
― HappyHead
“You're the reason for the word wonderful. It really shouldn't be used for anything else.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“You make the people you care about feel like … He pauses. Like you want all of them. Not just the good parts. And that’s terrifying to someone who’s spent a lifetime avoiding those other pieces of themselves.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“You, my girl, are whoever you decide to be. But I hope you always keep some piece of that girl who sat by the window, hoping for the best. 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
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