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Yes, our parents worked hard to provide a life of good options for us. But we didn’t ask to come here – we don’t owe them anything except our love and respect.
Being at odds with somebody you love is a waste of time. It’s one thing to need a few hours to cool off – even a day, you know? But if you’re comfortable withholding attention and affection for longer than that, over something that could be solved by a conversation – or even better, by you not being a fucking bully? There’s something wrong there. And if you’re on the receiving end of that, you shouldn’t be letting it ride. Whether it’s friends, family, romantic, whatever. They’ve gotta put their shit to the side when it comes to your life.
the line in the sand had been pretty clearly drawn. I didn’t give a shit about the line though.
“You’ve gotta have some shame to be easily embarrassed.”
Mediocre white folks got rewarded for wack shit all the time, why shouldn’t she?
Love doesn’t ask you to suffer for it. Love doesn’t require your misery. Love desires your wholeness. Love doesn’t see you hurting and begging to be seen and decide that’s an acceptable state. If your love and attention require that I fall in line to live a life I barely want to wake up to… I don’t want anything to do with that.”
Is everything I say going to be a problem for you now?” “If everything you say is problematic, then… yeah,”
“Are you dating him, or are you dating her?”
Pierre having a non-hostile conversation with a man Logan is “dating” is an interesting twist
How much trouble would I get in if I was to break this dude’s jaw?
I’m sure it would be worth every penny.
knowing the truth doesn’t make the lie less irritating, or significant.
you’re not who they say you are – you are who you are.
feeling what you were feeling instead of rushing to try to fix it or not feel it anymore.
about. Sometimes… you just needed to sit with shit and let it pass when it passed.
More specifically, my mother had drilled into me that it was never, ever, my job to restore or renovate a man.
“After we have this one, you wanna make another baby with me?”
SCREAMING!!!! Because he just doesn’t know. Whew!
Graduating college isn’t the end, getting married isn’t the end, even death isn’t the end. All those things are just the beginnings of new stories, maybe happening outside my creative lens. It’s not up to us to tell a complete story – that’s not possible. Our job is to tell the story we see. Anything else has to be left to the imagination.”
