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1 " We rarely find a depth by looking inside of ourselves for it. Depth is found in what we can learn from the people and things around us. Everyone, everything, has a story, Gia. When you learn those stories, you learn experiences that fill you up, that expand your understanding. You add layers to your soul. "
― Kasie West , The Fill-In Boyfriend
2 " Stop worrying about someone else's feelings for once and worry about your grade. "
3 " Revenge is never the answer "
4 " I don't like the words 'I'm fine'. My mom tells me those two words are the most-frequently-told lie in the English lenguage. "
5 " I wanted him to like me because as much as I'd tried, I could no longer deny the fact that I liked him. "
6 " Mi preferencia es simple - Tu "
7 " Well, if you're a mess then I'm a natural disaster.""The cutest natural disaster I've ever seen. "
8 " Hayden?""Yes,Gia?""Nothing I just wanted to say your name "
9 " I like it when you're not perfect. "
10 " Chin up. There are other fish in the sea. It's a big ocean. Sometimes we need to catch and release a few before we find the keeper. "
11 " How is selfworth measured today? By the amount of likes a post gets, by how many friends we collect, by how many retweets we accumulate? Do we even know what we really think until we post our thoughts online and let others tell us if they are worthy? "
12 " Should we play Twenty Questions?""How would that work in this situation?""I could try to guess your preferences.""My preferences in a kiss?"I nodded, our faces still very close together."My preference is simple—you. "
13 " You know what we’ve succeeded in doing with this game?”“What’s that?”“Increasing the anticipation.”He laughed. “I know, right? Can I just be fill-in Bradley forever? "
14 " I can pay you."He raised his eyebrows. "I'm sure there are services for that.Maybe you can try calling 1-800-HOOKERS or something?""You know the number well? "
15 " I threw the baseball I held after all. Not hard and it didn’t even hit him but it almost did.His eyes went wide with surprise.“So you weren’t really offering me a target?”He gave a small laugh. “I didn’t think you’d take me up on it. "
16 " I never wanted anyone to have this much power over my emotions again. It was safer to keep to myself, to keep things on the surface. Things ended better that way. "
17 " I never get mad when people hear my name wrong because I think to myself, Maybe they have hearing issues, excess earwax or something. "
18 " The Odd Couple. Is this that one where the one guy is a mess and the other is a neat freak?” “Yes, it is.”“And you are?”“A mess.” Then he looked at the book in my hands. “Oh, you mean in the play? I’m the neat freak. Felix. "
19 " My preference is simple—you. "
20 " Mocking someone else to make us seem deep or intelligent only proves the exact opposite. "
