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“Do you still have your hamster?”
“Guinea pig.”
“Same thing. Do you still have it?”
“Yeah.” I pause. “Why?”
“Just making sure that a giant rat isn’t trying to eat my jeans.”

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“I only knew you for twenty-four hours, but I’ve never missed anyone so much.”

“It’s the calm, earnest way he’s looking at me that does it. It snaps what’s left of my terror of being rejected, and I’m abruptly done with whatever fearful bullshit my brain is trying to feed me.”

“But if you don’t at least give him a chance to choose you, you’ll lose him for sure.”

“But if you cut him out like you did three weeks ago, you’d just be making this decision for him.”

“And I’ve been scared, scared like never before, that I’d hurt you..That I’d left you in some—any kind of pain. That I couldn’t make amends. Which, let me tell you, is no fun when you know in your lizard brain that you’re about five minutes from falling in love with someone. Maybe past. Can’t really tell.”

“Love is simply a commitment to continue hoping. To continue doing your best. To continue forgiving. To continue laughing. To continue staying.”

“Is it your first time?”
I blink at him. “Breathing?”

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“He’s as towering as a Greenlandic mountain range”

“He looks like a corporate version of Thor. Like Platinum Ragnarok.”

“D-did you just speak?”
“I did.”
“In English?”
“I believe so, yes.”

She's so funny😂😂

“Like his ancestors frolicked below the aurora borealis on their way to funding Ikea.”

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"Because such is the way of the universe: it’s full of bad, sad, upsetting, unfair, enraging circumstances.”

“You’re not as heartless as you think, Liam.”
“I’m not as heartless as you think.”

“You’re not as heartless as you think, Liam.”
“I’m not as heartless as you think.”

“You’re not as heartless as you think, Lai.”
“I’m not as heartless as you think.”

“You might enjoy dating the right person.”

"How to explain that I am forever running uninspired by the men I meet?"

“He actually looks…”
“Like global warming and capitalism had a love child who’s going through a body-building phase.”
“Um… i was going to say cute.”

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“He is the steady pulse of something known, something understood – not a person to build your word around, but a person to build one with.”

“My choices, and the consequences, are wholly my own.”

“My life has just spiraled out of control, and now I’m spiraling even more.”

...My responsibility is to myself—to be my own person and stay true to myself—to heal my own wounds, manage my own triggers, and engage in self-care so I can give to others authentically without depleting myself in the process. My responsibility is to maintain healthy boundaries, especially with those who are unhealthy."

"While I love to help others, I am not responsible for fixing your life or catering to your toxicity. I am not responsible for managing your triggers, walking on eggshells, or telling you what you want to hear in order to keep the peace. I am not your emotional punching bag nor am I your emotional sponge. I do not exist for your pleasure or as a site for your projected pain...

"You'd have to find just the right opportunities, and it might be hard, but it's also be you."

"Life isn't that simple-that the things that matter most take time."

“Go make the most out of it, because every day is a chance to begin again.”

“You deserve to be loved. You deserve people who stay.”

“Anything worth doing starts with a mess.”
“Like-getting a new start doesn’t mean you have to wipe the slate clean. Just pick up the pieces. Begin again.”

"How do you do that? You...accept me. Exactly as I am. But you still change me for the better."

l love you. THat's how.

“I would ask how it’s hanging, but I can see for myself.”

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