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“I wasn’t old enough to realize that I could be my terrible self and have people love me for that.”
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“I like the idea that we can contain our weirdness, but I prefer it when we wear it all over ourselves.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
“I had weaseled my way into their hearts like I knew I would.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
“Sorry, I thought I was just thinking that.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
tags: humor
“Oh, Jesus was taking the wheel!”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
tags: humor
“He's eccentric. Which to me means crazy... but with money.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
“I went up to Sal’s room and snuck in. The room had that sweaty, sleepy kid smell that you want to bottle up and huff in your car when you need a hit of oxytocin.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
“wonder adults were always miserable. A paycheck was just a bit of compensation for putting up with bullshit.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
“Maybe it takes five years for wishes to come true, I thought. The same way the best time to start something was five years ago”
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“Man”—he turns to me, shielding the sunlight from his eyes—“it costs a lot of money to find out everyone is lying.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
“I panicked. “James!” I cried. “If you died, I’d be single. I’d be a single mom. What the hell would I do for a living? Become a waitress? I can’t be a single mom waitress! I’m not Rosie Perez.” I paced around the room, then went over to the couch, where I began frantically folding tiny baby Onesies. But they were all so tiny and easy to fold that I finished immediately, and that left me with nothing else to focus on, and I started in on James again. “I can’t work any kind of job that involves a schedule. And my high school diploma is only good for entry into two professions—waitress or janitor. How good is your life insurance?” “I don’t know,” he said nonchalantly.”
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“I could have totally finished chemistry - I want you to know that. I'm smart. But I'm also lazy, and that combination just makes me very efficient in everything I do.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
“I’d just walked into a scene from a movie my parents would turn off if I came into the room.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
“I look like I need a dollar sign in my name.”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar
“Han Solo if I ever saw him. Now, I’m not guaranteeing you’re going to get the”
Kelly Oxford, Everything is Perfect When You're a Liar