Deb Caletti quotes - page 6

And if you could make a choice, then why not pick happiness? (Deb Caletti)
It was all the things you could never understand and could never possess that made you ache. View quote
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she wonders if we feel more regret for the things we do or for the things we didn't do. View quote
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Empathy took the edge off, and the truth is, we need our edge. Our edge is trying to speak to us, and we are too, too good at shutting it up. View quote
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Are you getting your period?" She narrows her eyes. No! God. I hate that. I hate when every negative act is blamed on your period." Sometimes bitchiness is just bitchiness, happily unattached to anything hormonal. It should get full credit. View quote
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There are so many different fifteens. And eighteens. And forty-twos, for that matter. Mature fifteens and young fifteens and wise fifteens and lost fifteens. And angry fifteens. View quote
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The hope was, people like me got to finally find our place in college or in the actual world. People who understood this told you that high school wasn't the actual world, that it was more like a temporary alternate reality you were forced to believe in for four years. A video game you played, where you could never get to the next level no matter how hard you tried. View quote
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Maybe some people just had trouble with forever. View quote
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I wrote one book, signed with a good agent, and sat back and waited for the phone to ring. I was sure that the great news would come at any moment. Four books later, I finally got that call. View quote
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It can be exhausting eating a meal cooked by a man. With a woman, it's, Ho hum, pass the beans. A guy, you have to act like he just built the Taj Mahal. View quote
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Rejection, though--it could make the loss of someone you weren't even that crazy about feel gut wrenching and world ending. (Deb Caletti)
It's shocking the things we call love. View quote
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You've got to say what you mean and mean what you say... Doubt in your voice is an open door people will shove right through. View quote
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... wanting things for the wrong reasons can turn anyone's life into a marshmallow on a stick over a hot fire: impossibly messy and eventually consumed, one way or another. View quote
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If your life truths have to be protected like some people keep their couches in plastic then ciao. have a nice life. if we bump into eachoter at Target, i'm the one buying the sour gummy worms and thats all you need to know about me. View quote
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If time heals all wounds, and a book can hold a person's entire life, then you can speed up the process with a pulp time warp. View quote
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I may be nervous," I say. "Okay, I'm really glad you said that, because I just went to the back room to put on more deodorant." Sebastian says. View quote
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When you go looking for rescue, you end up trapped in your own weakness. View quote
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I've never met a popcorn ball I didn't like. View quote
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All of my books come from something that I happen to be working out at a given point in my life. It's kind of self-therapy. View quote
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It's human nature to want to help and soothe and save with your love, but it's also arrogant. (Deb Caletti)