Amanda Cotroneo
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It’s not the moment you lose someone that tears at the soul, but instead that first time you find yourself reaching out for comforts lost.
“Have you ever heard the saying that if you’re with someone who doesn’t speak your language, you’ll spend a lifetime having to translate your soul? Amy never spoke your language. […] Briana’s different. She understands you, even when you don’t say anything at all.”
― Yours Truly
― Yours Truly
“The same universe that dispassionately takes things away can bring you things you weren't imaginative enough to dream up.”
― Funny Story
― Funny Story
“Control was antithetical to life. To be alive is to be battered about. To endure and adapt and keep stumbling onward despite it all.”
― Diavola
― Diavola
“If I waited until I felt confident to live my life and do the things I want to do, I’d never live.” He stares into my eyes. “This lesson is one as old as time: Fake it till you make it. If you want something, pretend you’re the kind of person who’s not scared of it.”
― Practice Makes Perfect
― Practice Makes Perfect
“Jacob made me feel safe. He was like a living lullaby. A softly spoken word. The smell of coffee and toast in the morning or a cozy fleece blanket. The rain pattering on the roof on a day where you don’t have to go anywhere or do anything.”
― Yours Truly
― Yours Truly
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