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1 " I can make you part of something great and beautiful and still portray you as the ugly thing you are "
― Tarryn Fisher , I Can Be a Better You
2 " You have to voice your thoughts so you can know you’re not the only one who’s fucked up. "
3 " I wondered if someone who had fire in their soul would have smoke coming out of their mouth. "
4 " People didn’t want to hear the truth. They had their ideas and any deviation made them uncomfortable. "
5 " I can make you a part of something great and beautiful and still portray you as the ugly thing you are. I "
6 " People can smell kindness on you even when you act like an asshole to scare them away. "
7 " I see you getting things you don’t deserve, living it up. It fucking sucks. I feel resentful because I deserve it more than you do. I could be a better you, "
8 " People said, find your tribe. But, who was my tribe, and where were they? "
9 " That’s what writers do—the good ones anyway—we watched and we learned the faux pas of human nature. The delicate ways people came undone, the tiny little frays in the tapestry. "
10 " People who noticed details aren't assholes; they were seeing you. Which actually took some effort, to look outside of yourself and see others. A rare thing nowadays. "
11 " I’m not a follower, but I’m not brave enough to be the leader either. I don’t see this as a flaw; it’s a strength, really. Leaders get burned for having strong opinions. I get to have them without the pretentious bravado. "
12 " Love was sacrificing your selfish nature for someone you were more committed to than yourself. "
13 " because people are flawed and nothing is fair. "
14 " I was quiet about the things I saw, but I saw. "
15 " A woman’s heart was an awful curse. "
16 " I was selfish that way, wanting people to bend and give me the love I needed, not necessarily the love they knew how to give. "
17 " He promised you a lot and he promised it to someone who needed it to be true. There was a disconnect in your relationship—I don’t know where it stems from or why, but he did know that for once in your life you needed to not be let down. He wasn’t selfless enough to do that.” Oh "
18 " There was a certain butt naked feeling when you told someone you were an artist. It was sort of like telling them you’d been to prison. "
19 " I was looking for the flaws in others and that was unfair when I had so many myself. "
20 " What type of world was this where the people who you thought loved you the most were the betrayers? "