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"It's awfully convenient that you're suddenly interested in us once we're all adults, once we no longer need anything from you."
"I told you that's not-"
"I said I wasn't done."
"Nina, I am your-"
"You are fucking nothing."

👏 Slay, queen!

"Listen, I'm not sure... I mean, if you're looking for family, there might be better ones to pick."
Casey turned to Nina and smiled gently. "That's not exactly how family works, is it?"
"No," Nina said, shaking her head. "No, I guess it's not."

If only.

"What I need from you?" Jay said. "What I need from you is to stop sleeping with my ex-girlfriend!"
"No," Hud said, shaking his head. "My answer is no."

Felt the need to point out, emphasis on the 'ex' part here.

Too much self-efficiency was sort of mean to the people who loved you, Kit thought. You robbed them of how good it feels to give, of their sense of value.

When Mick pulled back to look at her, June looked away but took him by the hand. She led Mick into the bedroom. They fell to the bed, as June pulled Mick onto her.

Mick and all the STDs from the hundreds of women he's been with all this time.

She watched her mother reread her old, worn copy of Great Expectations over and over each year, because "why take a chance on another book when I already know I like this one?"

That's just so sad.

"Shoot until we're done." And then she pulled at his shorts, and let them fall down, and put her mouth on him. And he kept photographing her until they were done...

That will never come back to bite them in the rear.