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81 " If you pretend to have authority, people never question you. "
― Jennifer Close
82 " were a family who believed that worry could prevent catastrophe. "
― Jennifer Close , Marrying the Ketchups
83 " How can you be with someone if you never see them? "
― Jennifer Close , Girls in White Dresses
84 " What if he was only pleasant and kind when everything was working out for him, when good things were easily coming his way? "
― Jennifer Close , The Hopefuls
85 " Here’s what I still hate about DC: the way that nothing is permanent, the feeling that everything and everyone you know, could (and does) wash away every four or eight years. All of these important people, so ingrained in the city—you can’t imagine that this place could exist without them. But one day they’re gone and everything keeps moving just the same. Who can get their footing in a place like this? It feels like quicksand to me. "
86 " Teddy loved food—all of it. He loved seafood and local food and fast food. The taste of fresh basil could make him moan, but he also knew an Oreo could brighten a particularly low day, that the artificial white cream could make things just a touch better. Teddy believed that food could cure anything—heartbreak, homesickness, the common cold. During finals in college, he used to make his mom’s meat loaf recipe that called for cubes of Velveeta to be mixed inside. "
87 " Walter once watched Teddy make a casserole with canned soup and visibly shuddered. He didn’t understand that there was room for everything—a veiny heirloom tomato sprinkled with salt and sometimes also a Jell-O salad. "
88 " He’d grown up with a mother who was always angry. And sure, Gail had been dealt a raw hand with a husband who left her bankrupt with a four-year-old, but her anger just seemed to grow and grow. Teddy loved her, but he was constantly afraid he was going to end up like her, someone who was angry at the cars on the road, cashiers who were slow, and the price of organic blueberries. That unhappiness was in his genes. He had to stay ahead of "
89 " There is nothing like being around a negative person to make you determined to be positive. "
90 " Isabella and Ben starting spending a lot of time together, but he never really wanted to do anything. "
91 " Maybe I just wanted things to stay the same for a little while longer. But mostly, I think, sometimes it’s just really hard to be happy for other people. "
92 " But this part of being Catholic (along with praying to Saint Anthony when she lost her keys or reciting the Hail Mary when she heard an ambulance) was stuck with her forever. "
93 " She'd spent years working at places that were just a job and it didn't make it easier that you didn't care about it. If anything, it made it harder. "
― Jennifer Close , The Smart One
94 " Teddy had trouble with people using they/them as their pronouns. “I understand it,” he’d said once when Gretchen corrected him but he was clearly frustrated. “But it’s grammatically wrong.” It haunted him, this misuse of grammar. "
95 " She'd forgotten to do the right thing for one day and that was it. life was shit sometimes, it really was. "
96 " This is your life. You're the one that has to live with the decision you make, not anyone else. Just remember that. What you do in life is yours and it doesn't matter what other people want from you. "
97 " That's the thing about giving advice, she could say. It might come back to haunt you. "
98 " family time was hard when it was your own family, it had to be twice as hard when you were the girlfriend. "
99 " Let’s give thanks that we have two legs and two arms to spin, and that we live in the greatest country in the world! "
100 " My parents thought that I was smart and talented—they believed it with all their hearts. They just didn’t need me to be the most special person out there. "
