Amy

“Has Nicholas ever looked this happy? No. What a shame, to know I've been accepting anything less than this smile he's giving me right now.”
― Sarah Hogle, You Deserve Each Other

“at some point in our lives, we have to let go of the fantasy of creating a better past.”
― Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

“Her eyes glaze over and I reach out a hand, placing it softly on her knee. She drags her eyes to mine.
"I told him to stop, Mara."
My eyes well with tears, but I let them come. They feel right. So do the words in my head, so I let them come too. "I know you did.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Girl Made of Stars

“I snort a laugh. Thinking I'm not single is the last thing that will keep some of the cretins masquerading as teenage boys at our school from harassing me. It was bad enough when I came out as bisexual last year, but to date a girl? It's nothing but threesome jokes and passive-aggressive slut shaming every time I venture into the hallway.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Girl Made of Stars