Why Can't I Be You Quotes

“We checked ourselves in the mirror before we left. We were flushed and a little rumpled, but in a good way. We looked vibrant, wild, happy. The hair and the clothes and the makeup made me feel like someone new, but the happy is what made me unrecognizable.”
― Allie Larkin, Why Can't I Be You

“It's hard to look at it like that, isn't it? Because if you can be a better parent than the ones you had, you have to face the fact that your parents had that choice too. If you're not fated to be an awful parent, they weren't either. And," I said feeling my throat tighten, "it's easier to believe that we're all just [f*'d] than it is to know there are choices." I rubbed my hands together to try to get my fingers to warm up. "It hurts less to think they couldn't have done any better than they did, doesn't it?”
― Allie Larkin, Why Can't I Be You

“Sometimes when an opportunity is in front of you, you’re so busy asking if you’re good enough for the challenge, you forget to ask if it’s good enough for you”
― Allie Larkin, Why Can't I Be You