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“Your life changed because of
some French fries?"
"The things you least expect usually do.”
― The Seven Year Slip
some French fries?"
"The things you least expect usually do.”
― The Seven Year Slip
“My father brought flowers every time he got back from being on the road; a dozen roses for her and a single pink one for me. He always looked at her like she was the only woman in the room; in the entire universe, even.
I'm not sure everyone gets to have that kind of love, though. Sometimes I think I'm too much to be someone’s One. Too loud, too disorganised, too extra, too messy.”
― Shutout
I'm not sure everyone gets to have that kind of love, though. Sometimes I think I'm too much to be someone’s One. Too loud, too disorganised, too extra, too messy.”
― Shutout
“The sadness will last forever. It wasn’t a lie. There was sadness, and there was despair, and there was pain—but there was also laughter, and joy, and relief. There was never grief without love or love without grief, and I chose to think that my aunt lived because of them.”
― The Seven Year Slip
― The Seven Year Slip
“. Nothing you can take from me was ever worth keeping.”
― Sunrise on the Reaping
― Sunrise on the Reaping
“I'm lonely. I'm lonely because I don't tell people what I need or what I want, and then get hurt when they don't figure it out on their own.”
― My Favorite Half-Night Stand
― My Favorite Half-Night Stand
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