“How were you supposed to change- in ways both big and small- when your family was always there to remind you of exactly the person you apparently signed an ironclad contract to be?”
― Malibu Rising
― Malibu Rising
“I thought—I want to go home. I want to be in a place that feels like home. Where that was, I did not know.”
― Intimacies
― Intimacies
“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
“Please never forget that the sun rises and sets with your smile. At least to me it does. You’re the only thing on this planet worth worshipping.”
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
― The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
“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
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