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“I always thought that I wanted that dream because I was romantic and destined to live a big life, but that wasn’t true. I created that dream because real life scared me, and that dream seemed so far-fetched I didn’t think it would ever happen. I’d never seen that kind of love in person. My parents loved each other, but badly, and they were miserable.”
― Ann Napolitano, Hello Beautiful

“Maybe, the darkness isn’t such a bad thing. Maybe it’s a reminder that you’re capable of turning the car around, you know? You’re capable of rerouting from a very dark, scary path back to the light. You know how to go to that dark place now, but you also know how to come out of it.”
― Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

“Remember, Adelaide. You’re allowed to take up space, too.”
― Genevieve Wheeler, Adelaide

“He walked rigidly and calmly, not believing that a person you loved—yes, he had loved her—could end up being someone you never knew. Perhaps he had known all along about her, but he couldn’t see it. He just couldn’t.”
― Satya Doyle Byock, Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood