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21 " Hearts aren't meant to be broken an infinite amount of times. "
― Akemi Dawn Bowman , Starfish
22 " But I don't need an apology. Not anymore. I have my whole life ahead of me - there isn't room in it for anger about things I don't have the power to change. I've mourned the loss of the mother I imagined could exist. I accept the one I have will never be the one I need.And that's okay - because I will be the person I need. I will be the one I can depend on, the one who has the power to make my life better or worse.I'll still panic when I'm in a crowd. I'll still question whether people mean something different from what they say. And I'll probably always feel my heart thump when I think someone is criticizing me.But I can live with that.I accept myself. "
23 " I live my life in the small space between "uncomfortable and "awkward. "
24 " I've always felt like I desperately needed to say my feelings out loud - to form the words and get them out of me, because they've always felt like dark clouds in my head that contaminate everything around them. "
25 " You care too much about what other people think. I mean, so what if you fail? So what if it takes a few tries? You're following your dreams. It shouldn't matter to anyone else how long it takes you or what your journey is like–it should just matter to you. "
26 " But I feel like I've spent most of my life wishing for someone else's approval, or relying on their reassurance that I'm living my life the right way. And somewhere along the way, I forgot to care what I thought about myself.I feel trapped beneath all the things that make me think less of myself. If my life were a video game, I would have hit the reset button a long time ago. "
27 " Some people are meant to be forever, like Lea and me. And other people come into your life for a reason— you help each other figure shit out and come to terms with complicated feelings that you can't process on your own. "
― Akemi Dawn Bowman , Summer Bird Blue
28 " And maybe that’s like life. You live for a moment—one single moment. And then you don’t matter. Because there are years of the past and years of the future, and we’re all simply one tiny blip in time—a surge of water waiting to leave our mark on the sand, only to have it washed away by the waves that come after us. And Lea, with her brief, tiny wave. She didn’t get to make a mark. If she’d had more time, she would have been a hurricane. "
29 " Grief is a monster - not everyone gets out alive, and those who do might only survive in pieces. But it's a monster that can be conquered, with time. "
30 " Infinity was never built for you; it was built for dreamers. "
― Akemi Dawn Bowman ,
31 " We all have to dream our own dreams. We only get one life to live--live it for yourself, not anyone else. Because when you're on your deathbed, you're going to be wishing you had. When everyone else is on theirs, I guarantee they aren't going to be thinking about your life. "
32 " tired of wishing I were someone else and tired of feeling like everyone expects me to be someone else "
33 " The painting isn't about the starfish. It's about the girl who wants to venture out into the ocean, away from the starfish, so she can feel like she matters. "
34 " But if I could fix myself and turn off the anxiety long enough to feel normal, I would have a long time ago. "
35 " He doesn't wear his heart on his sleeve; he keeps it in a locked box with all of his dreams and expressions because he doesn't want to share them with the rest of the world. "
36 " It's strange–hope can make you forget so much, so quickly. That's why hoping is so dangerous. "
37 " The mother I've always wanted isn't real; she's a dream. And not every dream comes true. "
38 " And I decide, right there and then, that I don't care if I'm not someone's idea of pretty. I don't care if my name might disappoint someone, or if my face might disappoint someone's parents. Because that says so much more about them than it does about me. "
39 " Stars shine their brightest in the dark. So take this opportunity, and supernova the shit out of it. "
― Akemi Dawn Bowman , Harley in the Sky
40 " Jamie steps closer to me, his face falling back into kindness. "That's good Kiko. Say what you want to say. Say everything. I;ll listen to it, and I won't fight with you. Because I love you, and because I know this is what you need. So tell me you're angry. Tell me how terrible I've been. Tell me I made the wrong choice. And the, Kiko, forgive me. Because I'm sorry. I'm sorry, and I love you. "