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“You can't force a person to show up, but you can learn a lesson when they don't.

Trust people's actions, not their words.
Don't love anyone who isn't ready to love you back.
Let go of the people who don't hold on to you.
Don't wait on anyone who's in no rush to get to you.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“I had a theory that we gravitate toward the stories we need in life. Whatever we're longing for - adventure, excitement, emotion, connection - we turn to stories that help us find it. Whatever questions we're struggling with - sometimes questions so deep, we don't even really know we're asking them - we look for answers in stories.”
― Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers

“It's not enough to be perfect at one precise moment in time - to stun those around you, to grasp the lightning when it strikes, to move across a stage and gather all the accolades in your arms like fresh roses.

You have to prove yourself over and over, and when the glory for your most recent achievement expires, as it must, as it always will, you have to start again, but with more eyes trained on you, more people waiting for the day when your talent withers, and your discipline weakens, and your charm wears away. Success is only meant to be rented out, borrowed in small doses at a time, never to be owned completely, no matter what price you're willing to pay for it.”
― Ann Liang, I Am Not Jessica Chen

“I don't know how I let myself get so cynical," Charlie went on. "I've been wondering about that a lot. All I can figure is this: it hurts to be disappointed. It hurts so much, we'd rather never get our hopes up. And it's humiliating, too - right? How foolish are you to hope for the best? How pathetic is it to try to win after you've already lost? How naive must you be if you don't know that humanity is dark and vicious and totally irredeemable? But the argument Emma's been making this whole time - and I'm paraphrasing here - is this: If those are the only stories we tell about ourselves, then those are the only stories we have."

"....Humanity at its worst is an easy story to tell - but it's not the only story. Because the more we can imagine our better selves, the more we can become them...”
― Katherine Center, The Rom-Commers