“I knew that I had reached the end of childhood once I realized that adults in my life didn't know anymore than I did.”
― Every Exquisite Thing
― Every Exquisite Thing
“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
― Every Exquisite Thing
― Every Exquisite Thing
“And so maybe it isn't the motivating factors that matter so much as simply participating - thrusting your best true, authentic self into the universe with wild abandon. Maybe yielding to our true nature propels us forward into the great unknown, toward targets that we haven't even dreamed up yet but exist nonetheless.”
― Every Exquisite Thing
― Every Exquisite Thing
“If Mom died, the sun would go out. Period.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“Sometimes you just have to pick a direction and make mistakes. Then you use what you learn from your failure to pick new, better directions so you can make more mistakes and keep learning.”
― Every Exquisite Thing
― Every Exquisite Thing
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