“embracing the messiness of life is where you find its greatest treasures.”
― Things We Left Behind
― Things We Left Behind
“I didn’t hate fun. There was usually just too much that needed doing before I could get to the fun.”
― Things We Never Got Over
― Things We Never Got Over
“Is it the bisexual part of you that wants to talk about fucking feelings all the time?” I asked. “Or is it the ‘I come from a big, Lebanese family that knows everything about everybody’ part that I can blame?”
― Things We Never Got Over
― Things We Never Got Over
“I never stopped. Now you knock that phony shit off, baby, and tell me you missed me.”
― It Happened One Summer
― It Happened One Summer
“The unfairness of it had the rage rattling that locked box inside me.”
― Things We Left Behind
― Things We Left Behind
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