“I had absolutely no interest in being somebody else's muse.
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
I am not a muse.
I am the somebody.
End of fucking story.”
― Daisy Jones & The Six
“Nina understood, maybe for the first time, that letting people love you and care for you is part of how you love and care for them.”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“Is there anything better than iced coffee and a bookstore on a sunny day? I mean, aside from hot coffee and a bookstore on a rainy day.”
― Book Lovers
― Book Lovers
“There’s a difference between taking care of someone because you love them and taking care of someone because you want them to love you,”
― Things We Never Got Over
― Things We Never Got Over
“I thought I’d let go of the shame about this part of my life, the way I was basically medicating myself twenty-four hours a day. It’s no different from what millions of people do, good people who are in pain or unsure of where to turn; good people who need a break from everything in this world that’s hard and sad and unforgiving.”
― Georgie, All Along
― Georgie, All Along
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