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(Sorry about the book hoarding
stopped trusting the mirror years ago.
her mind was out of sync with her reflection.
every granted wish comes with a hidden cost, every blessing shadowed with a curse.
as much as you think you love rules, you also kind of hate them).
Social media is … complicated. It’s like people live their private lives in public now.”
she was raised to expand her aesthetic boundaries and to value smarts over looks.
The money helped, as money often does.
being able to buy anything put a spotlight on the things that couldn’t be bought (lost friendship, lost love, lost time), human nature being prone to focus on what was lacking.
what you dislike in other people is really what you dislike in yourself.
“Life can get in the way of our dreams.
Every year can be a tabula rasa, and once it’s over, you can begin again.”
Anger can be an energy. Don’t burn, soar.
a choice, to fry or fly, say no or say yes.
you’ll know what you need to know when you need to know it.”
Astonishing how, no matter how far you fall, there’s always lower to go.
“If it’s any consolation, no parent really knows what they’re doing. We’re all faking it to some extent.”
