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Lola and the Boy Next Door (Anna and the French Kiss, #2)

by Stephanie Perkins (Goodreads Author)

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— Jul 12, 2015 02:33PM

Jul 12, 2015 02:32PM

“Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: accomplishments, anger, betrayed, bitterness, blindsighted, blown-off, broken-hearted, compassion, confidence, creativity, dignity, dumped, ego, erasing-the-past, false-confidence, false-worth, forgiveness, forgiving-others, freedom, games, giving, growth, hatred, hidden-agendas, hurt, ignored, inner-joy, inner-peace, live-free, low-self-esteem, move-on, new-beginnings, obvious, peace, pride, proud, proving-worth, real-value, rebel, repentance, restituition, revenge, seeking-approval, self-hatred, self-love, spiritual-growth, start-over, steps-of-repentance, stubborn, the-past, truth, truth-follower, value

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“The lesson will always repeat itself, unless you see yourself as the problem--not others.”
― Shannon L. Alder

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“I look out into the water and up deep into the stars. I beg the sparkling lanterns of light to cure me of myself — my past and the kaleidoscope of mistakes, failures and wrong turns that have stacked unbearable regret upon my shoulders.”
― Jennifer Elisabeth, Born Ready: Unleash Your Inner Dream Girl

tags: anxiety, art, beach, born-ready, cape-cod, coming-of-age, constellations, depression, destiny, failure, fate, friends, girls, growing, growing-up, healing, hope, inspiration, jennifer-elisabeth, learning, life, love, lovers, mistakes, ocean, past, pray, prayer, red-thread, red-thread-of-destiny, red-thread-of-fate, regret, self-acceptance, self-love, self-reflection, soul, soul-mates, stars, teenagers, teens, time, universe, wish

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“He was sort of beautiful. In his own dark, depressing way, but still. She was going to miss that stupid fucking beautiful face.”
― Allie Burke, Paper Souls

tags: beautiful, dark, depressing, handsome, hot

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“ You Chose

You chose.
You chose.
You chose.

You chose to give away your love.
You chose to have a broken heart.
You chose to give up.
You chose to hang on.

You chose to react.
You chose to feel insecure.
You chose to feel anger.
You chose to fight back.
You chose to have hope.

You chose to be naïve.
You chose to ignore your intuition.
You chose to ignore advice.
You chose to look the other way.
You chose to not listen.
You chose to be stuck in the past.

You chose your perspective.
You chose to blame.
You chose to be right.
You chose your pride.
You chose your games.
You chose your ego.
You chose your paranoia.
You chose to compete.
You chose your enemies.
You chose your consequences.

You chose.
You chose.
You chose.
You chose.

However, you are not alone. Generations of women in your family have chosen. Women around the world have chosen. We all have chosen at one time in our lives. We stand behind you now screaming:

Choose to let go.
Choose dignity.
Choose to forgive yourself.
Choose to forgive others.
Choose to see your value.
Choose to show the world you’re not a victim.
Choose to make us proud.”
― Shannon L. Alder

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