“ And I think if you're going to be with somebody, you owe it to them to show yourself. ”
― Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
― Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
“ I don't care if you're spoiled, for God's sake! I'm spoiled. We're all spoiled, life does that. It's what you do with yourself after you realize you've been spoiled that matters. It's the life you make in the ruins. ”
― The Monk Upstairs
― The Monk Upstairs
“ There didn't seem to be that much to say. If you loved Phoebe now, it was going to hurt you to see her. Like facing cold water, you just jumped in and swam anyway. ”
― The Monk Downstairs
― The Monk Downstairs
“ Put your other goddamned sock on", she said.
Instead, he took the first sock off. They stared at each other. It was so spectacularly absurd. She could feel the corner of her mouth twitching; she was close to laughing. Rory had used to do the same sort of thing; she'd spent a decade of her life being mollified by simple existential charm. ”
― The Monk Downstairs
Instead, he took the first sock off. They stared at each other. It was so spectacularly absurd. She could feel the corner of her mouth twitching; she was close to laughing. Rory had used to do the same sort of thing; she'd spent a decade of her life being mollified by simple existential charm. ”
― The Monk Downstairs
“Remember the first time your dad tried to teach you to drive on ice? How when the car started to slide you had to turn into the side while every nerve in your body said to turn the other way? I think life is like that a lot, way more than we know. And I think love is particularly like that. We think we're supposed to fight for it when we're really supposed to let go; you know, turn into it.”
― Chinese Handcuffs: A Young Adult Novel About Confronting Painful Secrets, Grief, and Finding the Courage to Survive
― Chinese Handcuffs: A Young Adult Novel About Confronting Painful Secrets, Grief, and Finding the Courage to Survive
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