“I think so, too. I know I felt that way. For years. It was as if I was a character in a movie and the real action was about to start at any minute. But I think some people wait forever, and only at the end of their lives do they realize that their life has happened while they were waiting for it to start.”
― Beautiful Ruins
― Beautiful Ruins
“For me, it was almost like winter didn’t count. Summer was what mattered. My whole life was measured in summers.”
― The Summer I Turned Pretty
― The Summer I Turned Pretty
“This is a good sign, having a broken heart. It means we have tried for something.”
― Eat, Pray, Love
― Eat, Pray, Love
“If you go to Atlanta, the first question people ask you is, "What's your business?" In Macon they ask, "Where do you go to church?" In Augusta they ask your grandmother's maiden name. But in Savannah the first question people ask you is "What would you like to drink?”
― Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
― Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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