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1 " You can't even communicate in English. Real life is not a series of levels. "
― Sophie Kinsella , Finding Audrey
2 " She says screens are the cigarettes of our age. They're toxic, and we're only going to realize the damage they're doing when it's too late. "
3 " Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me. "
4 " Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge. "
5 " I think what I’ve realized is, life is all about climbing up, slipping down, and picking yourself up again. And it doesn’t matter if you slip down. As long as you’re kind of heading more or less upwards. That’s all you can hope for. More or less upwards. "
6 " We don't have to reveal everything to each other. It's OK to be private. It's OK to say no. It's OK to say, 'I'm not going to share that. "
7 " It won’t be forever. You’ll be in the dark for as long as it takes and then you’ll come out. "
8 " Most people underestimate eyes. They're infinite. You look someone straight in the eye and your whole soul can be sucked out in a nanosecond. Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me. "
9 " They talk about “body language,” as if we all speak it the same. But everyone has their own dialect. For me right now, for example, swiveling my body right away and staring rigidly at the corner means, “I like you.” Because I didn’t run away and shut myself in the bathroom. I just hope he realizes that. "
10 " The more you engage with the outside world, the more you’ll be able to turn down the volume on those worries. You’ll see that they’re unfounded. You’ll see that the world is a very busy and varied place and most people have the attention span of a gnat. They’ve already forgotten what happened. They don’t think about it. There will have been five more sensations since your incident. "
11 " But, Audrey, that's what life is. We're all on a jagged graph. I know I am. Up a bit, down a bit. That's life. "
12 " I’ve come to think of my lizard brain as basically a version of Felix. It’s totally random and makes no sense and you can’t let it run your life. If we let Felix run our lives, we’d all wear superhero costumes all day long and eat nothing but ice-cream. But if you try to fight Felix, all you get is wails and screams and tantrums, and it all gets more and more stressy. So the thing is to listen to him with half an ear and nod your head and then ignore him and do what you want to do. Same with the lizard brain. "
13 " (I’ve often noticed that people equate “having a sense of humour” with “being an insensitive moron.”) "
14 " So do I. You. "
15 " Except that stopping midsentence is the worst thing people can do. It's like, totally passive-aggressive, because you can't take issue with anything they've said. You have to take issue with what you think they were going to say. Which then they deny. "
16 " I've confromted enough assholes in my time. They never realize they're assholes. Not once. Whatever you say. "
17 " Sometimes I hope I’m building up a stockpile of missing laughs, and when I’ve recovered, they’ll all come exploding out in one gigantic fit that lasts twenty-four hours. "
18 " You have no idea what Linus is thinking. It could be good, it could be bad. Most likely, it's nothing at all. He's a boy. You'd better get used to that. "
19 " What’s the point of you? Try this, for starters. And underneath there’s a long list. He’s written a long, long list, that fills the page. I’m so flustered, I can’t even read it properly, but as I scan down I catch beautiful smile and great taste in music (I sneaked a look at your iPod) and awesome Starbucks name. I give a sudden snort of laughter that almost turns to a sob and then turns to a smile, and then suddenly I’m wiping my eyes. I’m all over the place. "
20 " Even when you think you have lost yourself, love can still find you. "