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21 " You liking different things is fine. It's no fun talking to a mirror. "
― Eric Lindstrom , A Tragic Kind of Wonderful
22 " She has impossibly high standards.”“So do you.”“Yeah, well not impossibly high. Someone did come along who meets them.”“Your problem is thinking no one else ever will. "
― Eric Lindstrom , Not If I See You First
23 " Maybe heaven isn't about getting everything ypu want." Connor says. "Maybe it's about not wanting anything anymore and being happy about it. "
24 " Everyone has secrets, Parker. Everyone is a secret. "
25 " Because no one can know anybody, really. Not completely. "
26 " It’s amazing how people can be so blind to what’s good for them and what isn’t, what’s truth and what’s not, or the difference between secrets and things just not yet known. "
27 " I know why I'm so sure of everything all the time; it's because I can't stomach the alternative, that I can't be sure of anything ever. "
― Eric Lindstrom
28 " People are full of things you don't know but that doesn't mean they're secrets; you just don't know everything yet.' He lets go. 'And that's good, otherwise, you'd have no reason to talk anymore. "
29 " And if that's not enough, now I wonder why anyone talks to anyone. Not later, after they know each other, but why the first time? When someone you don't know just starts talking to you without actually needing something like directions to the bathroom, why are they doing it? "
30 " It has to start with a guy who actually loves you, not just says he does, or doesn't even say it or doesn't even look at you! A guy who looks at you like your the most important person on Earth! Who doesn't think you and all your problems and baggage are a pain in the ass or just dead weight to carry around but worth it because you're pretty or the best he can do! A guy who knows how fucking crazy you really are inside and doesn't tolerate your bullshit but loves you for it! Someone who...who...who would do anything to help you and protect you and...and...and take a crappier job at home to be there for you and teach you how to take care of yourself no matter what anyone else says, or who sits and drinks iced tea with you every single day and listens to all your stupid little stories and actually cares about all the dumb things that happened at school and...and... and who lets you say anything without getting mad as long as it's the truth!- Parker Grant "
31 " Hapiness, he said, was like the lights in your house, running on electricity generated by the good things in life. Unhappy people have dark houses without electricity, and they sometimes put candles in their windows to hide their sadness from others, but not Nolan. He said he had a bicycle in his head, attached to an electric generator, and he could imagine pedaling it whenever he wanted to power his real happiness lights. "
32 " Getting to know people quickly is a perk of avoiding small talk. "
33 " Did he realize I didn’t recognize his voice? Or did he just know I wouldn’t talk to him, smooth as glass? I "