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01Undated

I don't want to spend the rest of my life paying off loans when I don't even like school to begin with.

Robin Talley / quote

02Undated

I was really good at sitting around and debating things in my head.

Robin Talley / quote

03Undated

If I wanted to have an interesting life - which I did - then there was no point sitting around debating everything in my head on a constant loop. If I wanted my life to change, then Had to do something. Or at least try.

Robin Talley / quote

04Undated

The only thing I know for sure is that this summer, I want to be with you. Sometimes I wish I could make everything else go away and have it only be you and me in our own little world.

Robin Talley / quote

05Undated

I'd never been great at meeting people. I wasn't shy or anything, It was only that sometimes, with new people, I didn't know how exactly to start a conversation. I liked to listen first. You could learn a lot about someone that way.

Robin Talley / quote

06Undated

Girls like me smiled politely and always did the right thing. Girls like me definitely didn't sneak away at night to do things that would crush their fathers. And if they did, girls like me knew how to keep it to themselves.

Robin Talley / quote

07Undated

That was when I forgot how to breathe altogether.

Robin Talley / quote

08Undated

The lipstick is a dark, dark red. The kind Hollywood stars wear. Not a shade good girls in Davisburg wear to the movies. I try it on anyway and gaze at my reflection in the mirror.I don't look sick. I certainly don't look like that kind of girl.What does that kind of girl look like, anyway?

Robin Talley / quote

09Undated

But maybe no one knew that much. Maybe everyone was making it up as they went along, the same as me.

Robin Talley / quote

10Undated

My life was bigger than any one person.

Robin Talley / quote

11Undated

Last year I told Lori I thought I might be bi. Ever since, whenever she saw me looking at another girl, she asked if I liked her. Lori didn't get that sometimes it was fun just to notice people without having to think about whether you liked them or not.

Robin Talley / quote

12Undated

In that moment, it felt like we were the entire world. Just me and those gorgeous stars.

Robin Talley / quote

13Undated

It could be our own private universe.

Robin Talley / quote

14Undated

Frankly, it's self-evident. As people of faith, it's our duty to love everyone, the way God loves everyone. There's no reason why any one group is less deserving of love - either the love of a church community, to the love of a family - than any other.

Robin Talley / quote

15Undated

I have lots of friends who are straight, privileged white guys, and I'm totally okay with them. I think they should have equal rights, just like he rest of us." Christa laughed again. Her eyes crinkled up, as though she actually thought I was funny. "As long as they don't flaunt it, right?

Robin Talley / quote

16Undated

That lovely face sets off a fire inside me that isn't ever supposed to burn.

Robin Talley / quote