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“What, you need to make sure there’s nothing else better out there?”
Funny thing about belonging to two worlds: Sometimes you feel like you belong in zero.
Being around Beau is like a really good version of being alone, as easy but more fun.
“It’s hard to feel like you belong when you don’t know who you are, and it’s hard to know who you are when you don’t know where you come from.”
“You can’t imagine how hard it is to not see yourself in anyone around you. Or to be constantly encouraged to look.” His shoulder shrugs under me. “And you don’t know what it’s like to see yourself in people you don’t like. You’re just you—no deadbeat dad, no alcoholic mom, no family curse.”
No matter how hard it feels, you don’t need to be afraid to move on, and you don’t need to be afraid to stay either. There’s always more to see and feel.”
“Honey, you’re a smart kid, and you’re sensitive too. That’s not a bad thing, but it is a hard thing. For you, the dark’s going to feel a whole lot darker, and you won’t be able to hide from it.”
It’s true that nothing has the potential to hurt so much as loving someone, but nothing heals like it either.
You feel things deeply. Growing up is going to hurt. Only you can decide if the pain is worth the love.”
To be yourself will cause you to be exiled by many, Grandmother used to say. To comply with others’ wants, though, will cause you to be exiled from yourself. The tension is painful, but there is no choice to make, Natalie.
Your quest for self-awareness has resulted in crippling self-consciousness.
“Sometimes the most beautiful moments in our lives are things that hurt badly at the time. We only see them for what they really were when we stand at the very end and look back.”
because love is giving the world away, and being loved is having the whole world to give.
