they called her summer because she was really only appreciated when she was gone
“You have an affair to get for yourself what you wish would come from the person you love the most. And then you have broken her heart and she can never give you any of it ever again.”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
“Lesson for young men: if you want your eventual wife to be excited about sucking your dick for forty years, don't create a generation of women who think enthusiasm about sex is a bad thing.”
― Scrappy Little Nobody
― Scrappy Little Nobody
“Writing is communicating with an unknown intimate who is always available, the way the faithful turn to God.”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
“Daring to think that the rules do not apply is the mark of a visionary. It’s also a symptom of narcissism. —”
― The Rules Do Not Apply
― The Rules Do Not Apply
“I'm not a mess but a deeply feeling person in a messy world. I explain that now, when someone asks me why I cry so often, I say, 'For the same reason I laugh so often--because I'm paying attention.' I tell them that we can choose to be perfect and admired or to be real and loved. We must decide.”
― Love Warrior
― Love Warrior
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