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“ I didn’t brace myself against the past. I wasn’t afraid of being “just” that kid anymore. I carried him with me now. That kid will always be a part of my story - not the whole story, but a part of it, nonetheless”

“Years earlier, I had said goodbye to a lot of things without fully understanding what those goodbyes would mean. Some were final. Some weren’t meant to last. Acting had been one of those losses I never quite knew how to grieve.”

“ he didn’t wait for permission. He didn’t wait for the right moment. He moved forward because he believed it was worth giving everything he had.”

I sometimes feel that too. The disquiet of living a comfortable life

“ but over time, I came to understand that leaving, didn’t mean I loved her any less. It only meant I was finally learning how to live my own life

“ only later did I understand those years weren’t a transition. They were my life, unfolding on its own schedule, whether I was prepared for it or not.”

“ you put in the work, and the results followed. No guessing what someone else thought of you. No waiting to be chosen. It was straightforward, and I liked knowing exactly where I stood.”

“ and that’s what bothered me. Not just that I hadn’t gotten it, but how much I needed it. How much weight I put on a roll that barely existed. I told myself I wasn’t desperate, but as I stood there, it was hard to convince myself.”

“ sitting there beside him, I realized we were both stuck in our own ways, him in a body that wouldn’t do what he wanted, me and a life that didn’t feel like mine anymore. Different battles, the same hopeless feeling.”

“ he was seeing his dream realized - the one he worked toward for so long - but not as the man who had built it not the way he planned.”

I’m really happy Ke had a good time of Indiana Jones. It feels like such a contrast to the Hollywood horror stories I’ve heard before

“ so much of my parents’ sacrifice in those days happened in ways I didn’t see, and because of it, David and I were free to be kids”

“ but didn’t she realize I had already been scrubbed and rinsed, checked and checked again to prove I was human?”

“That voyage was my first real adventure - not the kind you dream about as a kid but the kind that changes you before you even understand it”

“‘ You’re kidding yourself if you believe that wealth isn’t built on the bodies of others.’”

“‘In fact, may as well just eat some raw cash.’”

“‘ I thought you were studying art, not politics.’
‘ You wouldn’t believe how hard it can be to differentiate between the two.’”

I find it kind of amusing that Florence is saying trust me my dad knew about this but like how much do you absorb of that knowledge?

I find it funny that enough time has passed since the RFK Jr bear thing that it’s in books now

“To be birthed by cinema is to say I live by the ideals Hollywood taught me, that the rhythm of my life goes by well timed beats, and everything is aesthetically constructed just so the way that real life never hits.”

“‘You know, you need to get cultured.’ Like a pot of yogurt or a loaf of sourdough bread.”

“‘The only way to make a difference in this world is with money. I have that now, who cares how I got it.’”

When is this book set? They mention Heathers, which I do appreciate

MLM? Cult? Oh wait I said basically the same thing

“‘That was my job as a mother. To love them fiercely. Unconditionally. And to pour so much of my own heart into them that when I died, I’d still be with them.’”

“How am I supposed to exist in a world where everything I was is gone?”

“You don’t think every single one gets under my skin? Do you even realize how much power your words have over me?”

“It’s not real realistic, OK! I don’t want to play a game. I can’t wait. I’d rather not even try.”

“And my heart hurts at those simple words, the way I’d always scramble for these crumbs of validation”

I really resonate with the idea of editing yourself for others