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why? I run a hand through my hair and sigh. “Valentina, you make me wish it were possible to pluck a star from the sky, just so I could make you smile. You make me do things I’ve never done before. Surely you know that? Maybe
“Fashion is art, and I’m not just talking about the Chado Ralph Rucci exhibit locked up at the Met. It’s one of the few kinds of art that everybody gets to participate in. Fashion turns each of us into our own museum. We curate ourselves at the closet door each morning. And for some people, that’s the only creative decision they ever get to make. It’s a pair of khakis and a T-shirt, but to the guy who picks them, it’s an exhibition. Of style.”
― Fat Girl on a Plane: A Spirited YA Contemporary Novel of Self-Discovery in New York City
― Fat Girl on a Plane: A Spirited YA Contemporary Novel of Self-Discovery in New York City
“You love me,” I whisper.
His eyes widen further and his mouth opens. He takes a huge breath as if winded. He looks tortured—vulnerable.
“Yes,” he whispers. “I do.”
― Fifty Shades Darker
His eyes widen further and his mouth opens. He takes a huge breath as if winded. He looks tortured—vulnerable.
“Yes,” he whispers. “I do.”
― Fifty Shades Darker
“Doing nothing can sometimes be the most effective form of action.”
― Crazy Rich Asians
― Crazy Rich Asians
“Your body is no one’s business but your own. We are more than just our bodies. We are the sum of our abilities and accomplishments and hopes and dreams and friendships and relationships. It’s what we are inside that matters.”
― Fat Girl on a Plane: A Spirited YA Contemporary Novel of Self-Discovery in New York City
― Fat Girl on a Plane: A Spirited YA Contemporary Novel of Self-Discovery in New York City
“And for the first time in too many years, I know that I'm loved for exactly who I am.”
― Always Only You
― Always Only You
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