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41 " I'm used to the security of living behind my online profiles and the clip art advertisdements I create to define me. I can be whoever I want to be in that world. I can be funny, deep, pensive, eccentric. I can be the best version of myself. I can make all the right decisions. I can delete my flaws by pressing a button. In the real world anything can happen. It's like stepping onto an icy surface--you have to adjust your footing or you'll slip and fall. Your movements become rigid and unsure because behind all the fancy gadgets and all that digital armor, you realize you're just flesh and bones. "
― Katie Kacvinsky , Awaken (Awaken, #1)
42 " I want people to have permission to know me, not unlimited constant access to me. "
― Katie Kacvinsky , Still Point (Awaken, #3)
43 " Justin: "Girls like compliments, don't they?" Madeline: "I think everyone does if it's sincere. Not just girls. "
44 " Sounds are three-dimensional, just like images. They come at you from every direction. "
45 " Why can't I be content with a structured, predictable life? Why do I have to take risks?...There are so many clean paths trimmed and paved and I always have to run through the middle, where there is no path; there are vines and brambles and rocks and holes and I fall down and scrape the hell out of my life. For what? Kicks? "
― Katie Kacvinsky , Middle Ground (Awaken, #2)
46 " Youcan see all of this online. But that's cheating. No computer programcan compare to the physical experience. It's like learning how toplay a virtual sports game. You're not really playing anything,against anyone. You're just a spectator. People are becomingspectators of their own lives instead of living them. But the best partis getting in the game. That's when it's all worth it. "
47 " I wasn't rebellious. Maybe I was just more human than the average person. "
48 " You weren't supposed to think. Just feel. You need to drop some of your senses in order to heighten others. "
49 " Ethics is the enemy of discovery. What you call ethics, I call the rape of science. "
― Katie Kacvinsky
50 " It's like looking through a microscope your whole life," he (Justin) said. "You miss the whole picture. Sometimes you need to get lost in order to discover anything. "
51 " Life is too short to say maybe "
52 " You need to be content with small steps. That's all life is. Small steps that you take every day so when you look back down the road it all adds up and you know you covered some distance. It took me a long time to accept that, but it's true. You need to have patience."", "
53 " Life is too short to waste time on people who don't lift you up, who don't inspire you-they'll eventually drain you. "
― Katie Kacvinsky , First Comes Love (First Comes Love, #1)
54 " It's not convenience that bothers me, it's people's obsession with saving time. Everything's a race. I just don't get who or what we're constantly racing against. "
55 " My bookshelf was my favorite part of my room. It had a calming presence. Maybe there was something to be said about the feeling and presence of real books. "
56 " I crave space. It charges my batteries. It helps me breathe. Being around people can be so exhausting, because most of them love to take and barely know how to give. Except for a rare few. "
57 " I don’t know much, but this is what I’ve learned. You’ll fall for the last person you ever thought you’d be interested in. That’s the tricky part. You might not even notice her at first. And she usually comes around just when you’ve stopped looking. But if you pay attention, you’ll know it’s her because she’ll stand out from everybody else. She might even scare you. But if you’re lucky enough to meet this girl, be smart enough to realize it and try not to screw it up. "
58 " If you only focus on the things you leave behind, you'll never go anywhere. "
59 " I care about you. More than I feel safe caring. You make my heart do some really weird things "
60 " I was starting to think, maybe you need to feel your way more through life—just turn off the lights and follow your senses, even if you stumble once in a while. Maybe that's what falling in love is like. Just feeling your way through the darkness until you find something solid to hold on to. "