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The best types of human beings were the ones who shut up.
My hunch had been hunched.
“You win some, you lose some, but no matter what, you keep playing the game.”
What was with people not telling me things before I had to find out in such hurtful ways?
Nothing good came from surprising Avery Kingsley.
People’s hearts didn’t harden by choice. They hardened due to traumatic inflictions of pain caused by others.
That’s what life does to people. It makes them cynics.”
That was the quickest way to knock me out of my darkness. I’d focus on other people’s issues and put mine on the back burner.
“I’m just saying. I like his butt. I envy his butt. It made me almost want to do squats to tighten my own. But then again, the thought of working out makes my eye twitch, so I started watching The Office again for the eighteen-millionth time.” “Seems like the right choice to me.”
“Why do you do that?” “Do what?” “Accept the lowest form of disrespect and still consider it love.”
“Are you crying?” “Only a little.” “Why?” “Because sometimes love feels so big in my chest that it leaks from my eyes.”
“Should I be worried about you, Coach?” “No. I’m the strong one, remember? No one worries about the strong one. The strong one worries about everyone else. We take care of others. We don’t get taken care of.”
It wasn’t fair that mamas could die.
it would be nice to be someone who people stayed for.”
asking for help doesn’t make you weak. Sometimes asking for help is the strongest thing a person could ever do.”
Goodbyes felt harder when they were one-sided.
“That’s the thing about life—we aren’t promised forever. Even if we hope for it.”
He couldn’t shatter my whole heart if I only gave him a few pieces.”
Kissing her felt like the only thing my mouth was made for.
“You must really like me a lot if you want me to be mentally stable, huh?”
sometimes one had to fall apart before they could fall back together again.
I feared when life seemed good because I always seemed to wait for the other shoe to drop.
Unfortunately for me, when I was hurt, I grew angry. And when I was angry, I was no fun to be around.
“No offense, Dad, but you’re a guy. And guys are a little stupid when it comes to what we women need.”
Sometimes people don’t need romance. Sometimes they just need someone in their corner.”
Why would we come for love but then make hearts that could break so easily?”
It’s what we all desire in life— a few moments of grace as we walk through the darkness.”
“Thank you for walking with me.” I grinned back. “My favorite steps yet.”
Sometimes we believe it’s easier to shut said book and mark it as a ‘did not finish’ instead of moving through the hard chapters toward the happily ever after.
We can do things scared.”
“You don’t have to be perfect to be loved by me.”
