we’re often too focused on our sinking feet to crane our necks to the blinding sky.
“You’re very …” he pauses, “distant, and guarded, and it seems like your eyes are closed to some of the beauty, the goodness, the joy that is life. It’s like you’re holding onto these old hurts and using them as an excuse to create new hurts, to keep people away.” I’m”
― Skinny Me
― Skinny Me
“Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”
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“Amy, are you still there?” I wasn’t sure why she was asking. Did she think I’d flushed myself down the toilet? The sad thing was that if it were a possibility, I might have considered it in that moment. Gone down the pipes and floated up again into a new life, with a new me and new parents and two new best friends.”
― Pretty Amy
― Pretty Amy
“The me I’m working toward—the me who isn’t bitter, who doesn’t begrudge others’ happiness, who is joyful—I doubt she’d stay away from her brother this long, no matter what he’d done or what a little ass he was.”
― Skinny Me
― Skinny Me
“You’re not supposed to want to date a boy just for jacket access.”
― The Haunting of Sunshine Girl
― The Haunting of Sunshine Girl
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