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charisma like hers sprouts from base pairs nestled in chromosomes.
It all sounds as fun as shaving my armpits with a can opener.
and Kyle, one of the hopes and dreams of US swimming, who looks like twenty stereotypical frat bros chucked in a blender and spread over a slice of Wonder Bread.
jealousy is born less of love and more of insecurity. And it intrigues me, the way Lukas obviously cares about Pen without being possessive of her.
The bar is so low, it’s underground with the turnips.
the lightness of being in my body, and not in my head.
“Oh, sweetheart.” My belly swoops at the endearment. His tone lives somewhere between sympathy and amusement. “If you don’t think that I’m very aware of your presence, always, you have no idea what’s going on.”
because you’re the most perfect thing I’ve ever felt, Scarlett.”
Like it’s fine that I mess up. Like it’s acceptable for me to be a constant work in progress.
“In some situations,” she told me, “done is better than perfect. Not always.
“Confidence is not about being able to do shit, Vandy. Confidence is showing up, and trying, and not giving up because deep in your heart you know who you are and what you’re capable of.”
Your brain is not a muscle, but sometimes you can use it as one. Train it for competition as well as you train any other part of your body.
A minute later she’s asleep. The entire universe is here, in his arms.
