simply being near her made me bold. When it rained, she’d stand in the backyard and hold her arms out and face the sky—that’s how alive she was. I loved her dirty Vans and her academic probation and the way everyone cheered like in a sitcom
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“Isn’t it remarkable the way knowing one person can alter a life? If you’re really lucky, you’ll find someone who reminds you of yourself. Not the version everyone knows, but the part of yourself you thought you kept hidden: now you see it in him.”
― Tonight I'm Someone Else: Essays
― Tonight I'm Someone Else: Essays
“when he said he didn’t have money to produce his art show and contribute to the household, I said, So basically you’re living in my house.”
― Liars
― Liars
“I don’t have a job, that’s correct. I’m devoted to acquiring things and contemplating the universe, which is not a small task.”
― Scar
― Scar
“was still happy to sit there beside him, but that is only because I have very, very low expectations of most people, and he had now become Most People.”
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
― No One Belongs Here More Than You
“Tonight I learned why my mother always squealed and shrank away when my father tried to touch her: She was a fortress. And inside that fortress was rage, and in the center of that rage was the pain of the insult of being treated like a stupid maid. My fortress is the same, with smaller hips, surrounded by a corona of migraine.”
― Liars
― Liars
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