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Never Trust a Happy Song
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2014
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World of Chances
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2010
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The High Road
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2011
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Vermilion Departure
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2012
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14 Short Stories that Changed Me
14 Short Stories that Changed Me:
Read more of this blog post »BuzzFeed posted a pretty insightful list of short stories to read in your 20s, but, because I’m a snob and a writer and a reader, I think they left off some really important ones for people who are my age-ish.
But then there are others — stories which, in just a few pages, have shifted me and rewired the connecting roads of my thought patterns. So
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“This is your last day at Eastwood.”
“I know,” she said sadly.
“Are you going to miss it?”
“Of course!” Marisol turned to face me in shock. “What type of question is that?”
A bad one, I decided, and resolved to keep my mouth shut the rest of the day and just enjoy the bitter sweetness of it all.”
― World of Chances
“I know,” she said sadly.
“Are you going to miss it?”
“Of course!” Marisol turned to face me in shock. “What type of question is that?”
A bad one, I decided, and resolved to keep my mouth shut the rest of the day and just enjoy the bitter sweetness of it all.”
― World of Chances
“And then he leaned forward and my stomach collapsed, taking in that last breath. I closed my eyes and watched in awe as all the butterflies flew up into the sky, free, mingling with the exploding lights.”
― The High Road
― The High Road
“I kept my eyes closed until I felt my resolve to be who I wanted to be come back. I couldn’t stay this desperate. It wouldn’t look good to people watching from the outside.”
― The High Road
― The High Road
“It’s crazy to think that people can appreciate your presence in their lives not because of what you’ve accomplished or what they’ve gotten out of knowing you, but just because you’re present.”
― Never Trust A Happy Song
― Never Trust A Happy Song
“You can’t say ‘Oh my stars.’ ‘Oh my stars’ is not a thing, and it makes no sense. The whole point of that saying is that you’re calling out to someone for help, and stars are not ‘someone,’ and certainly not capable of helping.” The words were out and gone before I realized what was happening. Grace just stared back at me, and I wanted so badly to shake the girl and make her realize that life couldn’t be all overalls and pink rain boots and guardian stars. I wanted to make her realize that sometimes you had to work.”
― Never Trust A Happy Song
― Never Trust A Happy Song
“The girl. Was that who I was? I was the girl just like they were the boys. Was that how we were going to address each other for the entirety of this year? How family-feeling.”
― The High Road
― The High Road
“I kept my eyes closed until I felt my resolve to be who I wanted to be come back. I couldn’t stay this desperate. It wouldn’t look good to people watching from the outside.”
― The High Road
― The High Road
“And then he leaned forward and my stomach collapsed, taking in that last breath. I closed my eyes and watched in awe as all the butterflies flew up into the sky, free, mingling with the exploding lights.”
― The High Road
― The High Road
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