Lindsay

“I would have done anything for him. But these days, I don't want to do anything. I don't want to get drunk or go to a wild party or make out with random boys-not that I've ever wanted to. I don't want to watch chick flicks or eat ice cream or get a haircut or buy out half of the mall. I don't want cold, cruel revenge. I don't want to see him suffer when karma catches up with him and kick his ass. I don't even want to talk to him right now, simply because it would be awkward and pathetic and I wouldn't know what to say to him. Yes, there is self-control, preventing me from being stupid and acting like a desperate doofus in the manner most heartbroken people do. But there is also a weary numbness threatening to consume every inch of me: Isn't there a way for me to skip straight to the part where I'm fine again?”
― Marla Miniano, Every Girl's Guide to Heartache

“You are a pool of clear water where the light plays”
― Jeanette Winterson, Written on the Body

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― William Faulkner

“I am done slowing down, giving people their time and space, letting them explore their options.”
― Marla Miniano, Every Girl's Guide to Heartache