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Just Like Magic Just Like Magic by Sarah Hogle
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“The best revenge is making peace with a past you can’t change and figuring out how to make the future a happier place for yourself to live in. That’s how you come out on top.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“I will always support you, even if it doesn't look like it. Sometimes support looks like disagreeing with you or telling you that you're on the wrong path. But your heart is in my heart, always, and all I want for you is a good, healthy life.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“He folds me into a hug, and I go very still before ultimately melting into him. “I know you’ve probably heard this advice before, but you don’t have to forgive the people who are bad to you. However, if they’re not ever going to give you the apology you require in order to move on, then you have to let it go for your own sake. The best revenge is making peace with a past you can’t change and figuring out how to make the future a happier place for yourself to live in. That’s how you come out on top.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“Plenty of people have said pleasant comments to me over the course of my life. I don't remember any of them. My brain keeps only the worst experiences intact, transferring them all to long term memory storage while compliments and praise rot away.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“Soul-searching takes however long it takes, and really, I don’t think it ever ends. There’s no deadline for figuring yourself out.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“You’re a powerful woman, Bettie Hughes.” His lips twist. “When you kissed me, I legitimately think it rewrote my DNA. And ever since, I’ve been dying to kiss you again.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“I’ve always known Mariah Carey was powerful, so her ability to summon the personification of festive cheer honestly tracks.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“Soul searching takes however long it takes, and really, I don't think it ever ends. There's no deadline to figuring yourself out.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“...you don't have to forgive the people who are bad to you. However, if they're not ever going to give you the apology you require in order to move on, then you have to let it go for your own sake. The best revenge is making peace with a past you can't change and figuring out how to make the future a happier place for yourself to live in. That's how you come out on top.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“What would it be like to be part of a functional family? Sounds like a myth.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“As Mom has reminded me and then reminded me again, taking care of myself isn't weakness.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“I don’t want to be this scared and bitter person keeping all my grudges alive like a muscle that never stops clenching.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“Nothing. You’re just interesting to observe. Like a movie, except your movie is about someone who has been stuck in the beginning part of the movie for a long, long time. You know what I mean? The first half, before they’ve learned to grow and change.”
“I’m like a movie?” I feel the confused expression I’m making, which makes him laugh. “What do you mean about a first half?”
“Nothing bad, only interesting. I’ve been people-watching since the Neanderthal days. So far, you’re my favorite person to watch.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“That’s the most beautiful happiness I’ve ever seen.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic
“She and her husband exchange smug, self-satisfied looks. A child whose name is either Terracotta or Ricotta rolls her eyes. Target once paid her fifteen grand to do that in a commercial, so now she keeps doing it. I glare at her. She isn’t better than me.”
Sarah Hogle, Just Like Magic