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Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults QUOTES

Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults QUOTES

1 " How do we deal with all the people we’ve been? What happens when we have to confront them? "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

2 " I fell in love with him. But I don't just stay with him by default as if there's no one else available. I stay with him because I choose to everyday that I wake up, everyday that we fight or lie to each other or disappoint each other. I choose him over and over again, and he chooses me. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

3 " You won’t be able to do this ten years from now—just leave everything behind and go. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

4 " I think no matter where you go, you'll be happy as long as you know why you're there. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

5 " I know so much is going to happen here, but I just don't know how. It feels like Paris is full of so many adventures just waiting to be had. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

6 " There's a simplicity and a sense of adventure to being alone, and I sometimes envy you for having it, as you explore Paris. Even when you're getting your heart broken, you can still wake up and not know what's going to happen next. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

7 " Everywhere people and friendships are changing. I'm starting to wonder how many friends I've made here will still be friends for the long haul. How many places can you leave people behind and still expect to keep in touch with all of them? "

― Rachel Kapelke-Dale , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

8 " I'm realizing that no matter where I go, I'l always be missing someone. "

― Rachel Kapelke-Dale , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

9 " nothing was ever accomplished by someone who sits in their apartment alone waiting for life to begin. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

10 " The interlude before anything begins is always my favorite moment. So much unknown, but everything is already set up and we both know something is going to happen--but we just don't know how or when yet. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

11 " I want to tell [him] everything - everything that has ever happened to me, every observation I have ever had, and I want to share every book, song, or movie I have ever loved "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

12 " I also have no idea how to be a girlfriend. I love sleeping alone and I avoid sick people at all costs. I don't even cook for myself, so I need someone who appreciates a lovingly baked frozen pizza. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

13 " I have been gone for some time now. It's hard to see my family only once or twice a year. I thought it would get easier as time passed, but it feels like as I get older, it makes me more sad. Sometimes I wake up in my apartment and really remember that most of my friends and family are more than six thousand miles away from me and I get a pang of loneliness. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

14 " I don't know exactly what drove me to stray, but I think there's a certain sadness to finally getting what you want. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

15 " I had that very strange sensation of not recognizing my own life. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

16 " It was raining and we sat huddled on the front steps of our porch and drank and laughed about how we had no idea what we were doing with our lives but we had ten more months to figure it out. Those were the days, my friend! We had it so good! "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

17 " Sometimes when I have been low, very low, I have emerged from the slump by forcing myself to go on an escapade with an outgoing friend who really listens and cares. I know that sounds too simple, but I promise it gives you perspective - more perspective than watching TV alone. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

18 " And you have to remind yourself that new opportunities exist, and will always exist. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

19 " I have to make a fool of myself daily to get anything done, including buying food and toiletries. Because of this, I'm losing my self-conscious shell, and it's so freeing. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults

20 " Every single person I've met, Astrid has also met. No one has met just me as me. I'm always in addition to her. "

― Jessica Pan , Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults