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So while it seemed like you were seeing everything, you really weren't. Just bits and pieces that looked like a whole. (Sarah Dessen)
There's just something obvious about emptiness, even when you try to convince yourself otherwise. View quote
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It was always late at night, when everything and everyone else was quiet, that those voices would rise like ghosts, soft and haunting, filling your mind until sleep finally came. View quote
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But it was okay not to fit in everywhere, as long as you did somewhere. View quote
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Right now, though, I wanted not to think forward or backward, but only to lose myself in the words. View quote
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If something doesn't work exactly right, or maybe needs some special treatment, you don't just throw it away. Everything can't be fully operational all the time. Sometimes, we need to have the patience to give something the little nudge it needs. View quote
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Are those the only options? Nothing or forever? View quote
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The worst thing you can do if you miss or need someone is let them know it. View quote
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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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No one could tell you: you just had to go through it on your own. If you were lucky, you came out on the other side and understood. If you didn't, you kept getting thrust back, retracing those steps, until you finally got it right. View quote
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And always remember how much your crazy sister loves you. (Sarah Dessen)
People don't change. If anything, you get more set in your ways as you get older, not less. View quote
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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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Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard. View quote
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Maybe it was true, and being a girl could be about interest rates and skinny jeans, riding bikes and wearing pink. Not about any one thing, but everything. View quote
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This Lullaby is only a few words, a simple run of chords, quiet here in this spare room, but you can hear it, hear it, wherever you may go, even if I let you down, this lullaby plays on... View quote
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Macy: "In Truth,” I said, "there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.” Wes: "How do you win?” he asked Macy: "That,” I said, "is such a boy question. View quote
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Total commitment," I said. "You know, the idea of discovering something that, for all intents and purposes, goes against your abilities, and yet still deciding to do it anyway. That takes guts, you know? View quote
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What do you do when you finally hear everything you've always thought said aloud? View quote
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And for one second, it was like I could feel the timing clicking together, finally pieces falling into place. View quote
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Looking back, it seemed like it should have been harder to lose someone, or have them lose you, especially when they were in the same state, only a few towns over. (Sarah Dessen)
Say what you will, but you're never prepared for the surprise attack. View quote
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All the bitchy girls in the world are just a training ground for what men can do to you. View quote
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That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened-good, bad, or anywhere in between-it was always, if nothing else, all your own. View quote
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I had stepped into his arms, showing him my raw, broken heart. View quote
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