“I want to say yes, but I don't want to be with a boy whose heart belongs to somebody else. Just once, I want to be somebody else's first choice”
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“You'd rather make up a fantasy version of somebody in your head than be with a real person.”
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
― To All the Boys I've Loved Before
“I used to look at my sensitivity as a weakness. I wondered why I had to care so much, about everything, all the time. But now it is my true superpower. I am grateful to have a sensitive heart. I am lucky to love deeply. I know this now.”
― The Half of It: A Memoir
― The Half of It: A Memoir
“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”
― Civilization and Its Discontents
― Civilization and Its Discontents
“I didn’t want to die, but now I needed to figure out how to turn my life into one I wanted to live.”
― The Half of It
― The Half of It
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