“Maybe the reason I can't write about fictional life is because I haven't actually lived.”
― Roomies
― Roomies
“love to read, but whenever I pick up a novel that blows me away, I think, There’s no way I have something like that inside me. Is Jeff right? Am I unable to create anything because I see myself in a supporting role? Doomed to always be the friend, the daughter, the linchpin in everyone else’s story?”
― Roomies
― Roomies
“Because," said the swallow man. "A friend is not someone to whom you give the things you need when the world is at war. A friend is someone to whom you give the things that you need when the world is at peace.”
― Anna and the Swallow Man
― Anna and the Swallow Man
“I know it's not good for a girl to be without a father these days. But is it any better for a father to be without a daughter?”
― Anna and the Swallow Man
― Anna and the Swallow Man
“You've got to understand that not everybody's going to be exactly your kind of person. They're not going to be completely satisfactory or meet your myriad qualifications.”
― Emergency Contact
― Emergency Contact
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