Niens

“People are shitty for a lot of reasons. Sometimes they’re just shitty people. Sometimes people have been shitty to them and, even though they don’t realize it, they take that shitty upbringing and go out into the world and treat others the same way. Sometimes they’re shitty because they’re afraid. Sometimes they choose to be shitty to others before others can be shitty to them. So it’s like self-defensive shittiness.”
― Jennifer Niven, Holding Up the Universe: A poignant, exhilarating love story from the New York Times bestselling author

“that love is both how you become a person, and why”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down

“Here's the thing: I'm used to being told I have a pretty face. Or pretty hair, or pretty eyes. But it's different, being called beautiful. Just beautiful, without conditions.”
― Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited

“But there's this awfulness that comes when a guy thinks you like him. It's as if he's fully clothed and you're naked in front of him. It's like your heart suddenly lives outside your body, and whenever he wants, he can reach out and squeeze it.”
― Becky Albertalli, The Upside of Unrequited