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“Women instinctually know how to nourish each other, and just being with each other is restorative”
― Tanja Taaljard

“It’s because our friendships – female friendships are just a hop to our sisterhood, and sisterhood can be a very powerful force, to give the world … the things that humans desperately need”
― Tanja Taaljard

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.”
― C.S. Lewis

“There is nothing more rare, nor more beautiful, than a woman being unapologetically herself; comfortable in her perfect imperfection. To me, that is the true essence of beauty.”
― Steve Maraboli, Unapologetically You: Reflections on Life and the Human Experience

“Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.”
― Coco Chanel

“And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!”
― Audrey Hepburn

“I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles.”
― Audrey Hepburn

“I’m tired, can’t think of anything and want only to lay my face in your lap, feel your hand on my head and remain like that through all eternity.”
― Franz Kafka, Letters to Milena

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”
― E.E. Cummings

“The days are long, but the years are short.”
― Gretchen Rubin, The Happiness Project

“[...]the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes “Awww!”
― Jack Kerouac, On the Road

“Things men have made with wakened hands, and put soft life into
are awake through years with transferred touch, and go on glowing
for long years.
And for this reason, some old things are lovely
warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them.”
― D.H. Lawrence

“Each day means a new twenty-four hours. Each day means everything’s possible again. You live in the moment, you die in the moment, you take it all one day at a time.” He looks toward the railway car’s open door, where streaks of dark water blanket the world. “You try to walk in the light.”
― Marie Lu, Legend

“But loving somebody isn't perfection and good times and laughing and making love. Love is forgiveness and patience and faith and every once in a while, it's a gut punch. That's why it's a dangerous thing, when you go loving the wrong person. When you love somebody who doesn't deserve it. You have to be with someone that deserves your faith and you have to be deserving of someone else's. It's sacred.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“No matter who you choose to go down the road with, you're gonna get hurt. That's just the nature of caring about someone. No matter who you love, they will break your heart along the way.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six

“There’s a teenage girl with the family and when we all first gathered, she gaped at Dom like he was the personification of Taylor Swift tickets.”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You

“No, that night, after weeks of us spending almost every minute of the day together, Dom didn’t use me. He only gave. Gave me kisses. Gave me hot touches. Hell, the guy even gave me my first orgasm.”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You

“At first, I thought that made him a good man. Someone to trust and give my heart to and pin my pathetic hopes on. But even at nineteen, I should’ve known better. I’d already learned that the only person I could trust to not toss me aside was my brother. All those beautiful things Dom gave me? They didn’t mean anything. Because that night was only a favor. A thank-you for helping his family out. A I know you’ve had a crush on me for your entire life, so here, I’ll touch you once before I lock down the woman I actually want to be with. To him, I was a responsibility. A charity case. A box on a to-do list to check off. Well, he did me, and I hate him for it. And I hate that my body can’t seem to get on board the hating train with my brain. My body would like to be added to his to-do list again, with a few extra check boxes next to the task.”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You

“Josh would have a camera that could. My brother captured the most gorgeous wildlife photos, and I’m not just saying that because I’m his sister. Josh won awards. He got hired by big name publications and companies that flew him all over the world. His success can be gleaned simply from the large number that was left to Dom and me in his will to fund these ash-spreading excursions. But what I loved most about my brother’s photos was the way he’d send them to me. Whenever Josh took a shot he was particularly proud of, he’d commission a puzzle made out of it and mail the pieces to me in a bag. I wouldn’t know what the shot was until I pieced everything together. The walls of my condo are covered in framed finished puzzles of his work.”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You

“Maddie,” he growls. And damn him for the way that makes my nipples perk up. My areolas are so happy, I bet they’ve started glowing like the larva. Damn bioluminescent nipples!”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You

“But I know myself. Know that I can’t stand bracelets or even hairbands around my wrists. As much as I’d love and cherish the device, I’d eventually take the watch off. Then I would put it down somewhere, and it would disappear one day, mixed in with my clutter. Another piece of Josh would vanish. I grit my teeth and close my eyes. Dom would never be so careless. He probably has a custom-made watch stand by his bedside and cleaning supplies to make sure the glass face doesn’t smudge. “Keep it,” I grind out. “He left it to you.” “Maddie—” “Leave me alone. I’m puzzling.” I put my headphones back on, restart my book, and command my eyes to only look at the pieces in front of me. Still, I can sense when Dom stands and moves away. He stays in the main area for a stretch, moving around the kitchen. Probably correcting the microwave and oven clocks. Eventually, he disappears down the short hallway to the bedrooms.”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You

“Dom needs to learn there’s things in life you can’t control. And I’m one of them.”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You

“Dom cleared his throat. “Adam says you read all day.” He waved toward the far end of the porch. “You could read here. If you want. You like the swinging bench, right?”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You

“Dom’s lips tightened, and I continued chuckling as I wandered over to the swinging bench and pulled my latest paperback from my bag. The yellowed pages were a soothing soft brush against my fingers and the spine let out a comforting creak that melded with the squeak of the sturdy chains holding the padded bench suspended from the porch ceiling. It was one of those large swinging benches, almost the size of the mattress in my dorm room, and covered in throw pillows.”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You

“Maddie’s Travel Playlist Hate/Love-Your-Dead-Brother’s-Best-Friend Vibes 1. “traitor” by Olivia Rodrigo 2. “Ghost Of You” by 5 Seconds of Summer 3. “Wishful Drinking” by Ingrid Andress (with Sam Hunt) 4. “How To Be Lonely” by Rita Ora 5. “Trying Not To” by Alana Springsteen (feat. Roman Alexander) 6. “Still into You” by Paramore 7. “Me Myself and Why” by Alana Springsteen 8. “Long Haul” by Ian Munsick 9. “it’s been a year” by Ashley Cooke 10. “Death of a Bachelor” by Panic! At The Disco 11. “aftermath” by vaultboy 12. “Try Losing One” by Tyler Braden 13. “All You Had To Do Was Stay (Taylor’s Version)” by Taylor Swift 14. “Twice” by Canaan Cox (feat. Shaylen) 15. “Locksmith” by Sadie Jean 16. “Homesick” by Alana Springsteen 17. “Love Is a Wild Thing” by Kacey Musgraves 18. “Ghost” by Justin Bieber”
― Lauren Connolly, PS: I Hate You