“That is the motto women should constantly repeat over and over again. Good for her! Not for me.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
“Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you've been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: You could find your way around in the dark if you had to.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“It's never occurred to me that the stars are still up there shining even in the daytime when we can't see them.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people,” I say. “Maybe we’re accumulating these new selves all the time.” Hauling them in as we make choices, good and bad, as we screw up, step up, lose our minds, find our minds, fall apart, fall in love, as we grieve, grow, retreat from the world, dive into the world, as we make things, as we break things.”
― I'll Give You the Sun
― I'll Give You the Sun
“Sticking up for ourselves in the same way we would one of our friends is a hard but satisfying thing to do. Sometimes it works.”
― Yes Please
― Yes Please
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