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Just because someone is not around to appreciate the complexities of who you are does not mean that you deserve anything less than pure joy.
Implication here is that the person who will perceive these complexities has to be someone else. That this pure joy will be external, so it has to come from another person. How about recognizing that joy in myself?
“Nothing else wounds so deeply and irreparably. Nothing else robs us of hope so much as being unloved by one we love”
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“So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast some marshmallows.”
― Changes
― Changes
“I used to think the worst thing in life is to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.”
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“You.... tapped that ass. Presumably it was, phat?”
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― Changes
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