"Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunlight on all who look down upon her?"
"My dream is to find a guy who'll love me despite my flaws and won't turn away from me when a perfect girl walks by. Maybe a boy like that doesn't even exist."
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Source: Simone Elkeles (2013). “Leaving Paradise”, p.74, Simon and Schuster
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