Why do I do anything?' she says. 'I'm educated enough to talk myself out of any plan. To deconstruct any fantasy. Explain away any goal. I'm so smart I can negate any dream.
We've spent so much time judging what other people created that we've created very, very little of our own.
The truth is, immigrants tend to be more American than people born here.
I used rebellion as a way to hide out. We use criticism as a fake participation.
The girl traced the outline of her lover's shadow so she would always have a record of how he looked...
Heat prickled my cheeks. My palms went clammy. Love is a lot like food poisoning.
After you find out all the things that can go wrong, your life becomes less about living and more about waiting.
The girl's lover was gone, but his shadow was still there.
The only thing that separates us from the animals...is we have pornography.
I feel my heart ache, but I've forgotten what that feeling means.
The old rule about how a thing of beauty is a joy forever, in my experience, even the most beauteous thing is only a joy for about three hours, tops. After that, she'll want to tell you all about her childhood traumas. Part of meeting these jail girls is it's so sweet to look at your watch and know she'll be behind bars in half an hour.
Emily Dickinson , in my opinion, is the perfect (although admittedly slightly cliche) poet for lonely fat girls.
Those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.
The story is even Bill Wilson, a founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, couldn't overcome the sex monkey on his back, and spent his sober life cheating on his wife and filled with guilt.
In good old Colonial Dunsboro, masochism is a valuable job skill. It is in most jobs.
By the time you're thirty, your worst enemy is yourself.
When you're thinking about the rest of your life...you're never really thinking more than a couple years down the road.
And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people. All other people. Everybody. The kid never knew the man's name. But he never forgot that smile.
We've taken the world apart but we have no idea what to do with the pieces.
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