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You know," I told him,"if you don't know how to eat a cupcake, that's nothing to be ashamed of." Now he did smile. "I know how to eat a cupcake." "Sure you do." "I do," he said. "I just don't want one of those." "Yeah? Prove it. (Sarah Dessen)
And I felt a sudden whirl in my head, knowing this leap was inevitable, that I wasn't just standing on the cliff, toes poking over, but already in mid-air. View quote
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Here was a boy who liked flaws, who saw them not as failings but as strengths. Who knew such a person could exist, or what would have happened if we'd found each other under different circumstances? Maybe in a perfect world. But not in this one. View quote
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nothing is guaranteed.... So don't be afraid. Be alive. View quote
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But risk is just part of relationships. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. View quote
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What was the name of Pygmalion's sister? View quote
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Odd how it was so easy for a stranger to assume such familiarity. Especially when those who were supposed to know you best often didn't, not at all. View quote
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It's gonna be okay," I said. It was the first time in a long time that I believed it. "It will. View quote
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It was becoming clear to me that I shouldn't bother to get too attached to anything. Turn your back and you lose it. Just like that. View quote
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How it felt to have the world moving beneath me, a hand gripping mine, knowing if I fell, at least I wouldn't do it alone. View quote
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We all have one idea of what the color blue is, but pressed to describe it specifically, there are so many ways: the ocean, lapis lazuli, the sky, someone's eyes. Our definitions are as different as we are ourselves. (Sarah Dessen)
Nate: "And,” he said, "boys at twelve aren't exactly slick with the ladies.” Ruby: "'Slick with the ladies'?” I said. "Are you twelve? View quote
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Theres this other half of him i dont know of, its like he is trying it keep it a secret.... if he would just let me inside so i can help. View quote
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Life shouldn't be about the either/or. We're capable of more than that, you know? View quote
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It's hard to be nice when the rest of the world is so mean. View quote
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Pretend to be a delinquent?" I asked clarifying. "You can do it," Dave advised me. "Just don't smile, and try to look like you're considering stealing something. View quote
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He'd always had that fearless optimism that made cynics like me squirm. I wondered if it was enough for both of us. I would never know from here, though. And time was passing. Crucial minutes and seconds, each one capable of changing everything. View quote
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But anyone can begin. It was the part with all the promise, the potential, the things I loved. More and more, though, I was finding myself wanting to find out what happened in the end.. View quote
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I didn't want to talk about what happened, so it seemed safest not to talk at all. View quote
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As impossible, in fact, as keeping the moon... So I looked down the line at all my friends, knowing I would always remember this. And then I turned my gaze back up to the sky, and put my faith in that moon and its return. View quote
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I bet you can't eat ten bananas!" "I bet you're right. (Sarah Dessen)
Sometimes things don't turn out the way you want them to, Haven. Sometimes the people you choose to believe are wrong. View quote
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... You can't unlearn something, even if you want to. You know what you know. View quote
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Watching them, I thought again of how we can't expect everybody to be there for us, all at once. So it's a lucky thing that really, all you need is someone. View quote
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If you have just one person believe in you, you'll always find your way. View quote
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