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“I don’t even feel like I’m the same person anymore. Back then I felt like I had no choice but to accept whatever kind of affection was offered to me even if it wasn’t what I wanted or needed. But maybe we can only accept the love we think we deserve.”
― The Way I Am Now
― The Way I Am Now
“Love isn’t a helicopter ride to Catalina; it’s everyday care and treating the other person like they’re your house keys.”
― It's a Love Story
― It's a Love Story
“Tell me you hate me, and I'll still count every heartbeat, every freckle, every shiver of your body, if only you say it with a smile.”
― Reckless
― Reckless
“This feels like wealth, I think. This is the thing you save up for. You live your whole life so that you can be surrounded by too many people in too small of a room and tell the story of how it all happened.”
― It's a Love Story
― It's a Love Story
“I walk a path of my parents’ making. I walk it the same way I walk the wooden walkways they’ve made that stretch across Beechwood. I do not see how to step off. If I exit the walkways into the bushes, under the trees, or onto the sand — it doesn’t matter. I am still on their island.”
― Family of Liars
― Family of Liars
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