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1 " I may not be happy with you right now, but I still love you. "
― Janet Gurtler , How I Lost You
2 " You don’t have to sleep with guys,” I whispered, “to make them like you.”Kya stared at me for a moment with heavy eyelids. “You don’t get it, do you, Gracie? I sleep with them so they won’t like me.” My heart broke for her a little more. "
3 " Real life doesn't always need to be posted online. "
― Janet Gurtler , #16thingsithoughtweretrue
4 " ... We're just different.""Yeah," I say. "I'm mute and you have verbal diarrhea. "
― Janet Gurtler , I'm Not Her
5 " I look forward to the day we stop saying ‘me too’ and start saying ‘never again. "
― Janet Gurtler , You Too?: 25 Voices Share Their #MeToo Stories
6 " What she doesn’t know is that I don’t want to feel better. I don’t want to go on with my life as if nothing happened. Something did happen. Something big."Samatha from WHO I KISSED "
― Janet Gurtler , Who I Kissed
7 " You belong, Jaz. You’re a human being. Color isn’t what you are.It’s just your shade. You’re beautiful. Inside. Where it counts. "
― Janet Gurtler , If I Tell
8 " Just like that, he's gone. Things can change so quickly. One second you're in the present, the next you're remembering the past. "
9 " You don't have to say yes to everything, you know. It's okay to say no. "
10 " I don't think there's a good reason to run unless someone's chasing me. Seriously. "
11 " I just wanted a chance. You know. Like everyone else. "
12 " I love you. I don't always understand you, but I love you. "
13 " The heart can function with the wound but it never entirely heals. "
14 " I lie in my bed and think about poking something sharp into my skin. To see if it will hurt, to see if I'll bleed, to test whether I'm still alive. I don't though. For one, because moving means effort. Two, because I'm afraid if [I] start bleeding that I won't stop myself from draining all life from my body. Or worse, that I will. "
15 " There are bigger things to worry about. Bigger things than unrequited love and false kisses. "
16 " There's not always time to say everything. "
17 " It feels like you stole from me, like you used me. In more ways than one. "
18 " You make me want to be a better person," he says softly. "To deserve you. I want you to know how right you feel to me. "
19 " Things aren't always as bad as they seem. "
20 " I know what it's like to look for someone to fill up the whole inside you. "
