Laksmi Sari

“It’s all possible but neither of us speaks for a long time and the moment closes and we’re back in the world we’ve always known.”
― Junot Díaz, This Is How You Lose Her

“And then there’s me, terribly afraid to step out of the box and date someone different. Afraid to get hurt in a different, more complex way—by somebody who I actually trust and care about. My biggest fear. Nice guy was a bad word to me because I feared that lurching-stomach feeling of losing someone I love. Nice meant future, and the future was always uncertain.”
― Alida Nugent, Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood

“There is plenty of suffering before the good happens. This is something that I have taken stock in, because I’ve dealt with plenty of bullshit for somebody so fresh out of the womb.”
― Alida Nugent, Don't Worry, It Gets Worse: One Twentysomething's (Mostly Failed) Attempts at Adulthood

“It takes a lot of hard work to 'get there,' and once you get there it takes even more hard work to stay there.”
― Sophia Amoruso