Krystle

“We're sixteen. People expect us to fuck up.”
― Brandy Colbert, Little & Lion

“And so your personality is shaped. You know too much, and this knowledge makes you wary. You grow fearful and mistrustful. The expression of emotion does not come naturally, so you learn to fake it. To pretend. To display an empathy you don’t actually feel. And so it is that you learn how to pass, if you’re lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you’re broken inside.”
― Christina Baker Kline, Orphan Train

“I am hard on myself. But isn’t it better to be honest about these things before someone else can use them against you? Before someone else can break your heart? Isn’t it better to break it yourself?”
― Stephanie Perkins, Isla and the Happily Ever After

“Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason.”
― Fredrik Backman, Beartown