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The truth was, there was no way everything could be the Best. Sometimes, when it came to events and people, it had to be okay to just. (Sarah Dessen)
I'd done the right thing. I always did. It just would have been nice if someone had noticed. View quote
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Why should I even bother? What's the point, really?" He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?" he asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do. View quote
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It all counts,' Adam said again. 'And the bottom line is, what defines you isn't how many times you crash, but the number of times you get back on the bike. As long as it's one more, you're all good.-pg 325 Along for the Ride. View quote
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Wake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't under­stand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life half-sleeping, everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids. I didn't care if they sang to me. All I wanted was to block out all the human voices as they called me name again and again, pulling me upward into light, to drown. View quote
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It was unrealistic to expect to be constantly in the happiest place. In real life, you're lucky just to be always somewhere nearby. View quote
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Just because a person isn't talking about something doesn't mean it's not on their mind. Often, in fact, it's why they won't speak of it. View quote
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This is a 911? You know you only text that when someone is dead or dying. You scared the crap out of me. View quote
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I am still the center sister. But I see it differently now. There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together. View quote
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Life is full of screwups," he said, chucking another paper at the split-level before taking the corner. "You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existence. View quote
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That's the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are. (Sarah Dessen)
It was a weird kind of loneliness, feeling that some of my closest friends didn't actually know I existed. View quote
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For most of us, once something was busted, it was game over. I would have loved to know how it felt, just once, to have something fall apart and see options instead of endings. View quote
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Oh, God," I said. "No, it's Dexter," he replied, offering me his hand, which I ignored. He glanced behind him, then back at me. "I'll see you soon," he said, and grinned at me. "Like hell," I replied. View quote
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Suddenly, I felt so helpless. If I hated the crowds but also my own company, where did that leave me? View quote
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You get used to people being a certain way; you depend on it. And when they surprise you, for better or worse, it can shake you to your core. View quote
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For all the invisible girls and for my readers, for seeing me. View quote
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All I could think was that right there, in ever passing second, was the future winding itself own. Never would forever, with all its meanings, be so clear and distinct as in the true, guaranteed end of the world. View quote
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Everyone had a forever, but given a choice, this would be mine. The one that began in this moment, with Wes, in a kiss that took my breath away, then gave it back - leaving me astounded, amazed, and most of all, alive. View quote
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Fine just fine. View quote
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There's no shame in trying to make stuff work, is how I see it. It's better than just accepting the broken. (Sarah Dessen)
Don't I know it. View quote
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But as long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential. View quote
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This true difference in me now: I had these experiances, these tales, more of this life. So maybe it wasn't the fairy tale. But those stories weren't real anyway. Mine were. View quote
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Forever [is] so many different things. It is always changing... it is twenty minutes, or a hundred years, or just this instant, or any instant I wish would last and last. View quote
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