“No child is born a delinquent,” Mom said. They only became that way, she went on, if nobody loved them when they were kids. Unloved children grow up to become serial murderers or alcoholics.
“She always felt lucky to be in the presence of such brilliant people. Thinkers. Blake’s colleagues viewed intelligence as a means to an end, and the end was always making more money. But in the mathematics department at Santa Monica College, no one expected to be rich. It was enough to know.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“Damaged people recognize other damaged people. It’s like a club you don’t want a membership to.”
― Heart Bones
― Heart Bones
“In becoming everyone, you are becoming no one.”
― The Midnight Library
― The Midnight Library
“I thought about trying to force her into rehab. But you can’t do that. You can’t control another person. It doesn’t matter how much you love them. You can’t love someone back to health and you can’t hate someone back to health and no matter how right you are about something, it doesn’t mean they will change their mind.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
― Daisy Jones & The Six
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