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“Bold of you to assume that the real me is my best hand.”
“Foolish of you to think it isn’t.”
― Love, Theoretically
“Foolish of you to think it isn’t.”
― Love, Theoretically
“Making people leave her before they chose to go anyway. Same result in the end, because everybody left eventually, but it hurt less. That was what life was, choosing the way that hurt less.”
― The Reappearance of Rachel Price
― The Reappearance of Rachel Price
“My love for her is the closest thing I have to religion.”
― If Only I Had Told Her
― If Only I Had Told Her
“The reality is, what you imagined will never happen, and what you remembered is already done”
― If Only I Had Told Her
― If Only I Had Told Her
“It’s easier like that, isn’t it?”
“What is?”
“Never showing anyone who you really are. That way if something goes wrong, if someone rejects you, then it’s not about you, is it? When you’re yourself, that’s when you’re exposed. Vulnerable. But if you hold back … Losing a game’s always painful, but knowing that you haven’t played your best hand makes it bearable.”
― Love, Theoretically
“What is?”
“Never showing anyone who you really are. That way if something goes wrong, if someone rejects you, then it’s not about you, is it? When you’re yourself, that’s when you’re exposed. Vulnerable. But if you hold back … Losing a game’s always painful, but knowing that you haven’t played your best hand makes it bearable.”
― Love, Theoretically
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