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“Here’s the thing, sweetie. If you love something, you can’t think too much about what went into making it or the circumstances around it. You just have to, I don’t know, love the thing as it is. And then it’s just for you, right?”
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
“I just... you are the most beautiful and wonderful and strangest person I have ever met. You are the most amazing person in the world. And you just have to live long enough to make the rest of the world understand that, okay? You have to stay alive.”
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic: A Novel
“Yes, I was lonely, but I knew then and I know now: I did it because I wanted to change my life. That's what we have to do. We step in the shit on purpose so we're forced to buy new shoes. You know what I'm saying?”
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
“Very few people can handle being held accountable without rationalizing, blaming, or shutting down;”
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
― Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
“Nobody needed to know what happened between us. It felt good to keep it private. Like praying. You don’t have to announce that you pray. I don’t need no one to make me feel bad about it. José was the antídoto to some of the most poisonous years of my life. He filled the emptiness of my apartment.”
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
― How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water
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