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"It was unnerving, the way she could go from cool efficiency to sarcastic to sweet within the space of thirty seconds. I found it very manipulative and controlling. It put the other person constantly on-guard. And it was extremely intimidating because you never knew when she was going to snap. I made a mental note to refine these skills within myself."
"Because here is the truth: If you want to have a chance at meeting somebody with whom you are genuinely compatible, never put your best foot forward."
"Perfection is the satin-lined casket of creativity and originality. If you are a perfectionist, at least stop telling everybody you're one and try to get over it yourself, alone in your home with the lights off"
"The dark side of blogging is, of course, people can be (and are) just savage and uncivilized, deeply cruel and fully unaccountable."
"Love is a helium-based emotion; Love always takes the high road."
"I think I love him, but I also think that you can love people who aren't good for you."
"I told myself, 'All I want is a normal life'. But was that true? I wasn't so sure. Because there was a part of me that enjoyed hating school, and the drama of not going, the potential consequences whatever they were. I was intrigued by the unknown. I was even slightly thrilled that my mother was such a mess. Had I become addicted to crisis? I traced my finger along the windowsill. 'Want something normal, want something normal, want something normal', I told myself."
"The truth is that nobody is owed an apology for anything. Apologies are lovely when they happen. But they change nothing. They do not reverse actions or correct damage. They are merely nice to hear."
"After was better. Before was only there so After could happen."
"The reason I know what we are to each other is because we fight freely and almost constantly, about even the smallest thing. In fact, once we didn't speak for an entire week because he didn't like the way I loaded his dishwasher...I can't decide if we're exact opposites, or somehow exactly the same except for minor cosmetic differences. I do know that all of his friends hate me and all of my friends hate him. We drive each other crazy in ways that nobody else can even touch. We never bore each other. And we both realize what a rare thing this is."
"My attraction had been immediate and profound. And it had nothing to do with the way he looked. My attraction was to what resided between his lines."
"You manufacture beauty with your mind"
"Long marriages have ended in ruin over tiny and insignificant grievances that were never properly aired and instead grew into a brittle barnacle of hatred."
"I know exactly how that is. To love somebody who doesn't deserve it."
"When I ate vanilla frosting straight from the can, I could feel God standing right nest to me like a real best friend, watching, and smiling, and wishing he had a mouth."
"I hate news and information and anything that threatens to puncture the bubble of oblivion in which I live."
"My mistake was in underestimating the emotional force of a song you have already hear a thousand times."
"If you believe suicide will bring you peace, or at the very least just an end to everything you hate- you are displaying self-caring behavior. You are still able to actively seek solutions to your problems. You are willing to go to great lengths to provide what you believe will be soothing to yourself. This strikes me as optimistic."
"When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all."
"Imperfections are attractive when their owners are happy with them."