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21 " It was electrifying the way he watched her so carefully that he forgot himself. "
― Cammie McGovern , Say What You Will
22 " YOUR FEAR MAY SEEM REAL BUT THE DANGER IS NOT. YOU’RE SAFE. YOU’RE ALL RIGHT. YOU’RE HAVING A PANIC ATTACK. "
23 " It was about acceptance, he thought. About realizing no one is perfect and no one can expect to change someone else. Which "
24 " He had no idea how wonderful he was. How his hands were so beautiful she could hardly look at them. How his truest smile was crooked and lifted higher on the left side than the right, which made her feel like he might understand her better, her hemiplegic face that was all crooked half smiles, too. But it couldn't be denied. He was also slightly crazy. Maybe more than slightly. "
25 " I’ve decided that it’s possible to love someone for entirely selfless reasons, for all of their flaws and weaknesses, and still not succeed in having them love you back. "
26 " 4 likes Like Facebook iconTwitter icon“JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO SCARED TO TAKE ANY RISKS DOESN'T MEAN THE REST OF US SHOULD BE. "
27 " I just slipped into my mother’s office to look at the names of my new peer helpers, and I’m so happy! Your name is on the list! I thought maybe I’d scared you by coming right out and asking you to apply. I realize it’s an unusual setup, but try not to think of it as my parents offering to pay people to be my friend. I know there’s something unsettling and prideless in that. I prefer to think of it this way: my parents are paying people to pretend to be my friend. This will be much closer to the truth, I suspect, and I have no problem with this. I’m guessing that a lot of people in high school are only pretending to be friends, right? It’ll be a start, I figure. "
28 " I've decided that it is possible to love someone for entirely selfless reasons, for all of their flaws and weaknesses,and still not succeed in having them love you back "
29 " She told him to think of his mind as a Worry Wheel with three parts—an anxious mind, anxious body, and anxious actions. She said an anxious mind got the Worry Wheel spinning, and an anxious body kept it going until anxious actions made it spin out of control. "
30 " Amy might have called him brave in that email but he was afraid of everything about Amy, especially her body, which had the terrible problem of being crippled and attractive. "
31 " I don’t believe there’s such a thing as casual sex for people like you and me. How could there be? We don’t have casual relationships with our bodies. They’re unpredictable, humiliating things that have failed us so much it’s hard not to hate them, and impossible to imagine being naked with another person and relaxed at the same time. "
32 " I DON’T THINK I’LL EVER TRY TO DATE. I DON’T SEE THE POINT.” “Well, I’m trying it,” he said, and then laughed a little. But this obviously wasn’t funny. She hadn’t expected this. “YOU’RE DATING SOMEONE?” “A little,” he said, and drew a deep breath. “And there isn’t really much of a point. What I’ve learned is that I have certain qualities that are annoying to other people. "
33 " Gradually, that first year in middle school, he began to understand—there were many ways to be a freak. Amy had no choice, but other people did. If you worked hard and concentrated, you could hide your freakish thoughts. "
