Quote of the day: “Friendship is like peeing your pants; everyone can see it but only you can feel it.
I recognized him instantly even though the last time I saw him in person he was seventeen, naked, and asleep. I was sixteen, haphazardly dressed, and sneaking out his window.
When I was younger, I wanted plenty of things, plenty of people, until I realized there was no point in wanting. Since then, I’ve never had something I wanted, not really. Not ’til you.
What are you!? A Disney princess?” Ashley’s annoyance powered semi-shout surprised the room. She dropped her knitting to her lap and glared at me, apparently sincerely perturbed by Janie’s revelation. “Get over yourself! We all have to fall in love more than once – even if it’s with the same person.
The thing is, if you can’t tell how a person feels about you, then you probably don’t want to know.
He wanted me. I wanted him. This was a frightening and thrilling prospect, because when I pushed him, he pushed back.
His response filled me with glee. It was as if a unicorn had appeared beneath a double rainbow and started tap dancing.
Does he give you zings in your things?
I can’t wait to taste you.” He whispered against my stomach, allowing his hot breath to spill over my chest, sharpen the goose bumps pricking my skin. “I’ve always wondered what you taste like.” I could tell he was speaking mostly to himself, but his words drove me a lot insane.
I didn’t tell her, because I didn’t think it would help, but all people are lost, to varying degrees. I suspected that it’s only when we love others – through purpose, friendship, romance, or any combination thereof – that we become found.
Stay away from the normals, the small-minded people who fill their brains with small-minded pursuits, who blend in and keep up with the Joneses. Those people will tear you down and make you boring. Instead, surround yourself with the weirds. With the misfits, oddballs, and outcasts. Because the normals, bless their hearts, have no idea how to have fun.
Is a chameleon a coward because it can change its color? No. It’s evolved and awesome. I like to think of myself in a similar fashion. There is nothing wrong with having a strong sense of self-preservation.
Apathy between family members makes the blood they share turn to water.
Don’t set yourself on fire trying to keep others warm.
We all know that light travels faster than sound. That’s why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.” – Albert Einstein.
There is boring. There is sensational. There is mediocre. There is lazy. There is good. There is evil. People do implausible things all the time, and they run the gamut of moderately weird to truly extraordinary. But there is no normal. The world is an unbelievable place full of unbelievable people doing unbelievable things.
Love was never enough, not without mutual respect and a great deal of drudgery and effort. And even then, it wasn’t enough. Wanting each other, being open to change, pushing each other to improve and grow – for the better – working to deserve each other, was the key.
I don’t want a beautiful week with you. I want a beautiful lifetime.
When you cried, I learned what helplessness tastes like. Because all I could do was swallow.
No one expects an eighty-five-year-old Navy SEAL stripper. No one. And that was the beauty of George.