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Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

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I don’t like hope very much. In fact, I hate it. It’s the crystal meth of emotions. It hooks you fast and kills you hard. It’s bad news. The worst. It’s sharp sticks and cherry bombs. When hope shows up, it’s only a matter of time until ...more

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Sam’s Quotes

“The trouble is, depression doesn't come with handy symptoms like spots and a temperature, so you don't realize it at first. You keep saying 'I'm fine' to people when you're not fine. You think you should be fine. You keep saying to yourself: 'Why aren't I fine?”
― Sophie Kinsella, Finding Audrey

tags: anxiety, depression, mental-health

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“the love
some girls
have for
other girls
is
so gentle
& so soft
& so fucking
beautiful,
&
these girls
deserve
to have
better stories
than the ones
where they
are murdered
because they love
with too much
of their
hearts.

-love is never a weakness.”
― Amanda Lovelace, The Princess Saves Herself in This One

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“You are made of dreams and this world is not for you.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk

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“I was determined to be both pretty and fierce, as Mother had said I could be. Just because I was interested in a man’s job didn’t mean I had to give up being girly. Who defined those roles anyhow?”
― Kerri Maniscalco, Stalking Jack the Ripper

tags: audrey-rose-wadsworth

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“If you're reading this and you think that maybe you could love someone of the same gender (or nongender), all I have to say to you is this: Congratulations! You're perfect and wonderful and more alive than you ever knew. Be proud of who you are because you're already more than enough.”
― Hannah Hart, Buffering: Unshared Tales of a Life Fully Loaded

tags: gay-and-lesbian, gay-authors, lgbt, love

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