02UndatedIf everyone started off the day singing, just think how happy they'd be.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
04UndatedI suppose she's right. It's like a metaphor for life: No one wants an ornery old goat, but we can't resist opening the door ayway. We can't keep from hoping.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
05UndatedSo you know, i'm thinking that you can either keep yourself safe and not feel anything, or you can the risk of just loving him and letting him love you." she paused. "Is he worth the risk? And if not what is? What are you willing to take risk for, Wren?Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
06UndatedSo as a seventh grader, no, you weren't friends with people you didn't like. But sometimes you also weren't friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didn't make any sense if you tried to explain it. Sometimes things just changed. That's where the sadness came in.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
07UndatedSo, as a seventh grader,no, you weren't friends with people you didnt like. But sometimesyou also werent friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didnt make any sence if you tried to explain it. Sometimes things just changed. Thats where the sadness came in.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
09UndatedI keep what I know about Sarah Lynn and Lawrence to myself. I also remind myself that even if Sarah Lynn does have a scary strict father, that doesn't release her from the responsibility of treating others with respect. Abuse of power is wrong, no matter the context, no matter the history.What is "power" anyway? Power is an ego trip. Power is a way to rise yourself up by lowering others, and I want nothing of it.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
10UndatedI was just teasing," I say. "I myself don't like to eat plain butter, but hey, it's a free world.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
11UndatedYou will love the ocean. It makes you feel so... I don't know. Small, but not in a bad way. Small because you realize you're part of something bigger.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
12UndatedYou've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move on.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
13UndatedBut if I didn't know Kate, then maybe I didn't know myself-and if was that not-knowing that made my gut clench. Like losing your balance, that whoosh of almost falling, before pulling yourself back in line.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
15UndatedCan you just trust in our love, without asking me to prove it every single second?Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
16UndatedYou're allowed to have thoughts, she reminded herself. Just because others might scoff, that doesn't mean you won't anymore.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
17UndatedBut he thought that if the world was layered with meaning, then she was the evidence, right here.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
18UndatedAny sentence that combined "I love you" and "but" could not be good.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
19UndatedShe felt justified in hurting him, because he had hurt her...but now all her justifications fell away like dead butterflies...Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
20UndatedIt wasn't that he didn't love me, because I knew he did. As for me, I loved him so much it hurt.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
21UndatedOne: Don't play leapfrog with elephants.Two: Don't pet a tiger unless his tail is wagging.Three: Never, ever, mess with the Ladies Auxiliary.-Mayberry Rules for a Long, Happy LifeLauren Myracle / quote ↗
22UndatedWe are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes. You've just got to take a good hard look at yourself, change what needs to be changed, and move one, pet.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
23UndatedWe are all flawed, my dear. Every one of us. And believe me, we've all made mistakes.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
24UndatedAll I knew now was that nothing lasted forever, not even a friendship, and that being "different" felt the same as being alone.Lauren Myracle / quote ↗
