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1 " Middle-of-the-night ruminations were nothing but treachery, Night Ninjas that invaded your brain and stole your peace, whispering to you that they spoke the truth you hid from yourself during the day. "
― Rosalind James , Just Say Yes (Escape to New Zealand, #10)
2 " Lucky thing Kevin has mana. "
3 " pohutukawa: native tree; called the “New Zealand Christmas Tree” for its beautiful "
4 " the kind of love that only a mum could know, and maybe a father, too, if he was lucky. A love that would wake up every time, as many times as it took. A love that would weigh any dream, any sacrifice, and would always return the same answer. "
5 " kumara. "
6 " You can’t change Holly. You can only change yourself. You can work on your own life so you’re not desperate, so what she says doesn’t affect you so much, because the way you feel about yourself comes from yourself. Having it come from what Holly thinks, what anybody else thinks—those are shifting sands. You can’t stand on that. If you feel better about yourself, you’ll react less to Holly, or you’ll react differently, and the whole relationship will … it’ll change. "
7 " Nobody cares nearly as much about you as you think. They care about themselves. They’re wondering what everybody thinks of them. "