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1 " None of us was normal. But “normal,” as I’d learned in math, was just a statistical concept, an averaged smoothing out of all diverse and interesting permutations to some hypothetical midpoint so generalized it was unlikely to surprise or offend. Or to delight. Normal was nice. Normal was bland. Normal was damned boring. Our differences, our own brand of crazy, were what made each of us special and unique and fascinating. "
― Joanne Macgregor , The Law of Tall Girls
2 " Luke doesn't see the scar on my face; perphaps he never did. He saw the scars on the inside. We were equally damaged, me and him. "
― Joanne Macgregor , Scarred
3 " When you forgive, it doesn’t mean you condone or approve. It means you put down the resentment and bitterness you’ve been holding onto. It means you let go of the hope that the past can be different. "
4 " The rest of us, the majority of us, all felt like misfits in some way. Each of us was unique, different in some way that made us strange or unacceptable to those who wanted us to conform to their definition of “normal. "
5 " I don’t feel much of anything except a dull, heavy pain through the core of me. I wish mom was here to give me a hug. "
6 " 13 "
7 " Life is tough for all of us. You don’t have to play small for the benefit of others, "
8 " It didn’t matter who you dated, or how you looked. What mattered was how you felt. And I felt on top of the world, like the queen of all of me. "
9 " Question: Can I do this? Answer: Do I have a choice? I’m not sure I can do this, but I am sure that I can’t carry on not doing it. "
10 " Maybe that’s what coming to terms with grief was. It wasn’t that one day you suddenly got over it and felt better, back to the way you’d felt before. It was that you learned to live around it, that you struggled on living through it, that you grew yourself beyond it, until one day your life and your love were bigger than your pain and emptiness. You never got back to normal, but you could, if you were brave, get to somewhere good. "
11 " Hate to break it to you, kiddo, but you used them all. "
12 " The end "
13 " They’re my special collector’s edition of One Direction gel pens. And, FYI, they’re super-valuable now that the band has broken up. "
14 " proverbs being proved true. "
15 " On Sunday, Chloe came around and, over cups of Cinnamon Surprise which she rated “disappointingly one-noted”, "
16 " Sisters before misters, "
17 " Respect existence or expect resistance. "
― Joanne Macgregor , Refuse (Recoil Trilogy, #2)
18 " I do, and I lament the loss of a wonderfully twinkly word. "
― Joanne Macgregor , Hushed
19 " one day, "
20 " Life goes by so quickly. Too quickly. Make sure you’ve lived a little before you die. Trust me, you get years and years to spend with your memories — it’s a good idea to spend your youth creating some moments worth remembering. "
