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Carrie Soto Is Back QUOTES

Carrie Soto Is Back QUOTES

1 " We live in a world where exceptional women have to sit around waiting for mediocre men. "

― Taylor Jenkins Reid , Carrie Soto Is Back

2 " I suspected the problem was that I was always the winner. But I could not for the life of me understand why that made people want to play with me less instead of more. "

― Taylor Jenkins Reid , Carrie Soto Is Back

3 " No matter how good I was on the court, I was never good enough for the public. It wasn’t enough to play nearly perfect tennis. I had to do that and also be charming. And that charm had to appear effortless. "

― Taylor Jenkins Reid , Carrie Soto Is Back

4 " For decades, my talent and drive were utterly devastating to those who stood in my wake. If each person is blessed with an induvial gift, determination is mine. "

― Taylor Jenkins Reid , Carrie Soto Is Back

5 " People act like you can never forget your own name, but if you’re not paying attention, you can veer so incredibly far away from everything you know about yourself to the point where you stop recognizing what they call you. "

― Taylor Jenkins Reid , Carrie Soto Is Back

6 " My older self knows that you must stop—in the middle of the chaos—to take in the world around you. To breathe in deeply, smell the sunscreen and the rubber of the ball, let the breeze blow across your neck, feel the warmth of the sun on your skin. In this respect, I love the way the world has aged me. "

― Taylor Jenkins Reid , Carrie Soto Is Back

7 " When did I lose that? The delight of success? When did winning become something I needed in order to survive? Something I did not enjoy having, so much as panic without? "

― Taylor Jenkins Reid , Carrie Soto Is Back

8 " I am afraid of losing. I am afraid of how it will look to the world. I’m afraid of this match being the last match my father ever sees me play. I am afraid of ending this all on a loss. I am afraid of so much. "

― Taylor Jenkins Reid , Carrie Soto Is Back

9 " Some men's childhoods are permitted to last forever, but women are so often reminded that there is work to be done. "

― Taylor Jenkins Reid , Carrie Soto Is Back