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I don't want to throw everything away for something uncertain. (David Levithan)
I am constantly torn between killing myself and killing everyone around me. View quote
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I don't want you to think I got through this undamaged, okay? But I'm learning to live with it. Because otherwise, the damage is all you are. View quote
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I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday. View quote
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Music is everywhere. It's in the air between us, waiting to be sung. View quote
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And maybe it is only by finding yourself that you can feel the true intensity of becoming close to another person. View quote
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It was a mistake," you said. But the cruel thing was, it felt like the mistake was mine, for trusting you. View quote
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He was attractive. I knew that. And I knew that attractive people always got away with things. View quote
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this blue shirt i have is practically the same color as my jeans, and looking all-blue is something only cookie monster can pull off. View quote
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But I think we both knew, even then, that what we had was something even more rare, and even more meaningful. I was going to be his friend, and was going to show him possibilities. And he, in turn, would become someone I could trust more than myself. View quote
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You have to trust the words. They do not create anything more than themselves. (David Levithan)
Luckily, I always travel with a book, just in case I have to wait on line for Santa, or some such inconvenience. View quote
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Here's what breaks us: Even though we know better, we still want everything to be all right. View quote
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That's what the voices in your head are for, to get you through the silent parts. View quote
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This is a difference between us: you desire what other people have, while I desire the things I used to have, or think I might have one day. View quote
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This is my life, I think. I am an accumulation of objects. View quote
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Yes, time can be buoyed by wordlessness, but it needs to be anchored in words. View quote
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This is not something insignificant. This is real. This is happening, and this is ours. View quote
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Measure the hope of that moment, that feeling. Everything else will be measured against it. View quote
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But there was something about you that made me think of sparks and motion. View quote
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But you have to figure that if it's too hard to hang on, then maybe you should let go. (David Levithan)
The important thing is for the characters to feel real, and to be given the humanity they are due. That granting of humanity is what separates a full portrait from a stereotype. View quote
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Things rarely get fixed the way they need to be. View quote
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I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative. View quote
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Please may this not be a game. Please may this not be a game. Because if it's a game, I know I'm going to lose. View quote
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