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“Sparrow, there’s someone out there dying to love you. Don’t ‘fix’ yourself before they get a chance to fall for the real you.”
“It’s when you return to a situation that’s bad for you. If it was bad once, it’ll always be bad. Think of it this way—if you see the same tree twice in the forest, it means you’re lost.”
“Meanness is too easy. People think being mean makes them seem edgy or unique. Kindness is more radical.”
“Everything changes. Nothing’ll be the same a year from now. But my tats will. They’re like reminders of things I loved once. Even just for a day.”
She and Bash had strolled along the boardwalk for hours, just talking, talking, talking. Like learning about each other was their new favorite pastime. It was a thrill, stumbling across a kindred spirit in the most unlikely person. She hadn’t made a new friend in years. Yes, she had fallen to pieces in front of him. But being so emotionally raw had created an instant bond between them—and then Bash let his guard down, too. Outside of Reshma, Audre had never had such an instant, I-get-you connection with anyone.
“Wade. I know, he looked like he was actively decomposing. I was thirteen! It was my Tim Burton era,” protested Audre.
Success is what you decide it is, for you and you only-it’s tacky to force your idea of happiness onto someone else. So play the accordion like no one’s watching.
Rule 9: Unless your last name is Thee Stallion, there’s never a reason to rap in public.
This was about her and her mom, and years of a codependent relationship that functioned beautifully when Audre was at her mom’s service but imploded when she went her own way.
“Maybe every run before this one was practice. So that I could be fast enough to catch you before you went home.”
making the ‘right’ choices doesn’t guarantee you a happy ending. So, follow your own path. Take chances, be wild, make mistakes, get messy, be colorful. Be true to whoever you are.”
