“No matter what I said, we both knew the hard truth. We do our best. We try. And usually, it makes no difference at all.”
― Siege and Storm
― Siege and Storm
“Perfection is nothing more than a phantom shadow we’re all chasing”
― Dumplin'
― Dumplin'
“The worst part of being truly alone is you think about all the times you wished that everyone would just leave you be. Then they do, and you are left being, and you turn out to be terrible company.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“I wanted to tell her that I was getting better, because that was supposed to be the narrative of illness: It was a hurdle you jumped over, or a battle you won. Illness is a story told in the past tense.”
― Turtles All the Way Down
― Turtles All the Way Down
“Maybe ’cause you don’t always have to win a pageant to wear a crown.”
― Dumplin'
― Dumplin'
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