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1 " If anyone can inspire you to believe in real, honest-to-God love stories again, it's William Shakespeare. "
― Ashley Herring Blake , Suffer Love
2 " She felt raw, a painting that wasn't dry yet. One hard nudge and she'd smear all over the place. "
― Ashley Herring Blake , Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
3 " The whole world was crying as everything fell apart. "
4 " ¿Cómo nos involucramos tanto al punto de no poder imaginar una vida sin ella? "
― Ashley Herring Blake , Girl Made of Stars
5 " I still kept so much from her at that time, but she made me feel like, someday, I wouldn't anymore - she made me feel so many somedays. "
6 " Incluso las chicas de estrellas eran cautivas, las ataban de las muñecas y las trataban como objetos. Incluso a las chicas de estrellas no se les consultaba. No se les creía, no se consideraban que valieran la pena a menos que tuvieran algo para ofrecer a cambio. Incluso las chicas de estrellas a veces creen esas mentiras. "
7 " I like this kind of quiet, the BFF kind where you're not alone but can think and you know your best friend is thinking too and it's all okay because you know that all the things you're thinking are safe. "
― Ashley Herring Blake , The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James
8 " Hablar con sus padres sobre ella, sobre cualquier cosa de ella, siempre ha sido una especie de campo minado para Charlie "
9 " The feeling was wild and sort of unpredictable, like a good summer storm. "
10 " Even girls made of stars are captives, bound at the wrists and traded like property. Even girls made of stars aren't asked, aren't believed, aren't considered worth the effort unless they can offer something in return.Even girls made of stars buy into those lies sometimes. "
11 " Because when they thought the stars were sticking to her, really all the loneliness and sadness were falling off. The stars were underneath. "
12 " It’s changed me forever, but changed doesn’t have to mean broken. "
13 " This. This is why I never said anything. Because no one ever believes the girl. "
14 " It's such a little thing, this skirt. For other girls, maybe it's makeup or a sport or having sex or not having sex or writing or music or kicking ass in school or wearing your hair so it looks like the sun's unruly rays. I think every girl has a thing or two, tiny details in her life that say This is me. I'm done hiding. I'm done feeling ashamed. "
15 " And I'm not sure I ever will recover from what Mr. Knoll did. Not fully. It's changed me forever, but changed doesn't have to mean broken. "
16 " We are worth the telling. We are worth the fight. We are worth a good life and love after. "
17 " For a long time, when I was a little younger, I thought that was how every girl saw other girls— this mix between beauty and awe and curiosity, a thin layer of lust just underneath. Took until I was fourteen to realize that no, the way I thought about other girls was a little different. "
― Ashley Herring Blake , How to Make a Wish
18 " What else is there for any girl to do, when everyone but her can just forget everything like a random bad dream? "
19 " Belief isn't easy. It isn't black and white. "
20 " Thank you for coming to save me.” She laughs, but it’s soft. “I didn’t save you. I can’t save anyone.” “You can. You did.” “I just hate that we hurt like this, you know?” “What do you mean?” She grabs my hand and squeezes. “I think about the things we’ve talked about in Empower. Articles we’ve read about all the girls who were thrown away by boys like they meant nothing. All the times a girl’s voice seemed to mean less than a boy’s. All the times the courts sent out a shit ruling on a rape case. It never really hit me, you know? I mean, it did, but not like this. I never thought it’d be my story. Or yours. I never wanted to let this be our story. "
