Jana Purcell
https://www.goodreads.com/janasayqua
I stir in bed and the memories rise out of me like a buzz of flies from a carcass. I crave to be rid of them, but find myself being careful, too, choosing which ones to let out into the light. I want you to find me innocent. As much as I’ve
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“We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love."
“There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.”
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“There is no such thing as a weird human being, It's just that some people require more understanding than others.”
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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.”
― Norwegian Wood
― Norwegian Wood
“Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past.”
― Into the Wild
― Into the Wild
“You are not fool’s gold, shining only under a particular light. Whomever you become, whatever you make yourself into, that is who you always were. It was always in you. Not in Cambridge. In you. You are gold. And returning to BYU, or even to that mountain you came from, will not change who you are. It may change how others see you, it may even change how you see yourself—even gold appears dull in some lights—but that is the illusion. And it always was.”
― Educated
― Educated
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