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“You would matter. That's the thing. I get into this weird place sometimes where I worry about that. I've never told anyone this - not my moms, not Cassie - but that's the thing I'm most afraid of. Not mattering. Existing in a world that doesn't care who I am.”
― The Upside of Unrequited
― The Upside of Unrequited
“So, maybe I should let my heart break, just to prove that my heart can take it.”
― The Upside of Unrequited
― The Upside of Unrequited
“Even if he likes me, I’m not sure he’d like me naked. I hate that I’m even thinking that. I hate hating my body. Actually, I don’t even hate my body. I just worry everyone else might. Because chubby girls don’t get boyfriends, and they definitely don’t have sex. Not in movies—not really—unless it’s supposed to be a joke. And I don’t want to be a joke.”
― The Upside of Unrequited
― The Upside of Unrequited
“I'm on the toilet at the 9:30 Club and I'm wondering how mermaids pee.”
― The Upside of Unrequited
― The Upside of Unrequited
“And it's a little different with every guy, so it's kind of hard to generalize—but if I had to describe the feeling of a crush, I'd say this: you just finished running a mile, and you have to throw up, and you're starving, but no food seems appealing, and your brain becomes fog, and you also have to pee. It's this close to intolerable. But I like it.”
― The Upside of Unrequited
― The Upside of Unrequited
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