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Laugh lines can be deceptive. Sure, maybe this person is good humored and trustworthy. But maybe they laugh while they dismember corpses. Exercise caution.
“I like the way you say my name, darlin’.”
There are too many things to think about and I just . . . don’t want to think anymore. I don’t want to worry. Right now, I just want to be held.
You can never experience as much in your lifetime, or see through so many eyes, as you will by reading what others have to say. Books will glue our world back together, if anything can.”
Beautiful men make your brain fuzzy. Thinking is important. Abort!
“Whatever I agreed, you do not have the right to manhandle me like that unless I give you permission!”
Survival tip #238 You won’t actually pass out from embarrassment. It’s not a good defense mechanism.
Deal with your messes when you make them. The longer you leave them, the harder they are to clean up.
And after years of fending for myself, of the unending responsibility, and dirt, and toil, it’s so lovely to allow myself to be soft. Just a little. Just for a while.
When men start swinging their dicks around—duck!
But Eden was never pure. I was made to be corrupted.
There’s a quiet pride in having nothing, sometimes. Everything you have becomes precious. Something to be protected.
“but so many philosophers just waffle on in self-importance. It’s a common fault in clever men—they so like the sound of their own voice.
How good it feels to free-fall into darkness with someone, knowing they’ll save you and punish you for the favor all at once?
The world will twist you up. Be flexible.
“Don’t you know? Tragic hero is my aesthetic.” His dimple flashes. “Just like bossy jerk is yours, grumpy Hulk is Jayk’s, self-righteous sweetheart is Beau’s, and sexy nerd is Eden’s.”
Settling for less than you need only guarantees a slower death.
“To show that sometimes the greatest beauty lies in our flaws. The most strength, in the ways we break.”
“It’s not enough to want to be right for someone. You can’t carve away important parts of yourself to make your pieces fit. No matter how much you might want to.”
“I really hate that word. Why is it that when women embrace their sexuality they’re demonized as sluts, but when they don’t, they’re condemned as prudes and called frigid? There’s no winning.”
People who put a stranglehold on their lives because they’re too afraid to actually do what they want are pathetic. And frustrating to be around.”
If they think the worst of you, be worse than that.
Don’t ever underestimate the bravery of a woman who looks at you with stars in her eyes.
I bet Lucifer is the daddy of all sadists.
