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“Never grow up. It’s a trap.”
never change yourself to fit into another person’s box. Create your own life and ignore the opinions of others.
I had the firm belief that if we excused people from their actions due to their personal traumas, we’d end up with a domino effect of passing on trauma to every single person.
There’s nothing wrong with a mediocre life. I think they are more fun. Corny Easter egg hunts. White elephant games on Christmas Eve. Fourth of July barbecues. I think sometimes people think the bigger the event, the better it is, but I don’t know. Sparklers on Fourth of July and lighting small fireworks in your driveway is more fun than cramming into an overpacked park to watch a display where kids are crying and people are drunk and ridiculous.”
“It’s self-harm—loving others more than you love yourself.
“You know the difference? Between you and Henry?” “What’s that?” “He only speaks kind things of Kierra when they are in crowds. He’s loud about it around other people. You speak so kindly of her quietly, sincerely. And if I’m good at reading people, which I believe I am, I bet you speak that kindly of her within your thoughts, too.”
“Because I finally know what love is. It’s patience during the storms.
Love wasn’t always perfect. It often came with bends and cracks. The greatest heartbreaks always came from love more than they came from hatred.
