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“Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don't know how you ever lived without them.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Deal

“I learned a long time ago that you don’t need to reveal everything inside of you to the people around you. They like to judge, and I’m happier when they don’t. Some things stay hidden.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“No one does you better than you. You can’t be replaced. Not everyone will see that, but only you need to.”
― Penelope Douglas, Punk 57

“There’s a pocket in your mind where you go when you feel unsafe, where you can’t handle whatever is happening in real life, and you lock yourself in there because you feel protected.”
― Tijan, Enemies

“That you don’t have to live in the reality someone else had invented. You don’t have to do anything you don’t want to do. Ever. Redefine normal. None of us know the full measure of our power until we start pushing our boundaries and pressing our luck, and the more we do, the less we care what others think. The freedom feels too good.”
― Penelope Douglas, Corrupt

“Time passes by you like a bullet,” he says, “and fear gives you the excuses you’re craving to not do the things you know you should. Don’t doubt yourself, don’t second-guess, don’t let fear hold you back, don’t be lazy, and don’t base your decisions on how happy it will make others. Just go for it, okay?”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“So money doesn’t matter once you get down to it. It doesn’t matter how thin or thick anyone’s wallet is. We all hurt. We all love. We’re the same. And your past, who you live with, where you came from, it doesn’t have to matter. You’re creating your own future, and I want to see where the road forward takes you.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Goal

“When people say impossible, they usually mean improbable.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Siege and Storm

“There’s always someone with a shittier life than yours. That doesn’t turn the shit in your life into roses.”
― Elle Kennedy, The Play