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1 " I am superhero! I am the Nihilist! My superpowers include logical detachment, emotional invincibility, and the ability to blend in anywhere. I work alone and am never compromised by romantic entanglements, and I don't have a costume because who the fuck cares? "
― Lianne Oelke , Nice Try, Jane Sinner
2 " This is why I can't talk to parents. They think you can get friends in high school the way you get chips from a vending machine. Put in a little niceness, and some kid pops out ready to double-check your homework and paint your nails at a slumber party. Niceness is not a valid currency in high school. "
3 " I had never told Bonnie this, but I always respected her faith more than my own. Her faith was a conscious decision, a hard-earned achievement, constantly evolving to deal with her family's agnosticism and her own bisexuality. I wore my own faith like the shirt I fell asleep in because I was too lazy to change. "
4 " I'm not a particularly good daughter, but I sat through a month of therapy for my parents' sake. I'd like to think they got more out of it than I did. Couldn't have been too hard. Any system that requires the patient's family to pay someone else to care about her is fundamentally flawed. "
5 " Lucky people are the worst. "
6 " Unfortunately, chivalry gets you nowhere in reality television. "
7 " The past doesn't exist. It's just a story we tell ourselves. And stories change each time you tell them. "
8 " I run for half an hour every day because I hate it. It never gets any easier. Each day I dread going outside or to the gym, and each day I try to talk myself out of it. But I always go. I hate running, and I’ve run each day since starting the show to prove that I am stronger than my apathy. That I am stronger than the girl who gave up on life. "
9 " Wouldn’t it be nice, don’t you think, to not constantly compare everything you say and do to everything you’ve ever said and done and hope one day the good will outweigh the cringeworthy? "
10 " Everyone always insists on telling me what I used to love, and they all think that if I just go back to loving the same things, we can all pretend the Event never happened. Too bad it doesn’t work that way. Once a kid discovers Santa isn’t real, reminding her how much she used to love Santa isn’t going to make her believe again. "
11 " Her faith was a conscious decision, a hard earned achievement, constantly evolving to deal with her family's agnosticism and her own bisexuality. I wore my own faith like the shirt I fell asleep in because I was too lazy to change. "
12 " Because filmmaking is a brutal industry. You don't get anywhere unless you work more than anyone else. Unless you're better than they are. "
13 " Jane Sinner: I think I can save us some time here. I’ll tell you my only motivation in life.The Doctor: And what motivation is that?Jane Sinner: The lols. It’s the only reason I ever do anything. "
14 " Days like this I wish I believed in God so I’d have someone other than myself to blame for my life. "
15 " Real fears are frightening because they could happen. "
16 " I miss my anger. It was so nice to hold on to, so warm and full of energy. But it is deflating and I'm deflating; I'm a balloon leaking air. "
17 " Some girls just want to watch the world burn, you know? "
18 " Prayer circles are the worst. Somehow everyone assumes their prayers are only effective if their hands are touching some part of your body. "
19 " And if you can own up to every moment and take responsibility for your life and shape it into something beautiful and kind and generous—if you can do that, you’ve discovered what it means to be strong. "
20 " Freedom is when you don’t take anything personally. "
