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41 " Help is help to anyone, Mary. Even if they don't know they're asking for it." I said that made a whole lot of sense, because it did. And it still does. Here's the thing, Iz: my mom needs help right now. And I know it, even if she doesn't. "
― David Arnold , Mosquitoland
42 " I cry because I've never smiled like that, not once in my life. I cry because I love. For some reason, I always have. "
43 " Sometimes being with gets overlooked I think "
44 " Everything sounds better on vinyl. It’s not a trend. It’s a fact. "
45 " Beck’s smile is intense and sincere, a smile with, not a smile at. Mom used to say you could tell a lot by the way a person treats the innocent, and Walt is nothing if not innocence personified. "
46 " It's okay." I say again. Because if I keep saying it, maybe it will be true. It's okay it's okay it's okay it's okay. "
47 " Don't underestimate the value of friends. "
48 " I was lovely once, but he never loved me once. "
49 " And behind the good doctor, his Wall of Hubris: I counted seven framed degrees, hung with care and pride and more than a little jackassedness. Oh-ho, you don’t believe I’m important, eh? Well then, how do you explain these?!?!?! "
50 " I cry because I love. For some reason, I always have. "
51 " Look at you," I whisper, smiling, crying. "Lovely. "
52 " for though I am not a villain, I am not immune to villainy. "
53 " I act like I don't care, but I do. I always have. And my God, what wouldn't I give to put the pieces together? "
54 " What would I tell her? The truth, I hope. That in my longing for originality and relational honesty and a hundred other I-don't-know-whats, this action, while strange and socially awkward, makes more sense than just about anything else in my world. And even though it's cryptic and more than a little odd, sometimes cryptic and odd are better than lying down for the Man. "
55 " and in a moment of heavenly revelation, it occurs to me that detours are not without purpose. They provide safe passage to a destination, avoiding pitfalls in the process. "
56 " Why are my medical mysteries Reasons? I'm glad you asked. I've developed a theory I like to call the Pain Principle. The gist of it is this: pain makes people who they are. "
57 " I wish wishing were enough, but it's not. "
58 " And as simple as it sounds, I think understanding who you are - and not who you are not - is the most important thing of all Important Things. "
59 " There are times when I absolutely, 110 percent, without a doubt, have to laugh at a thing. ’Cause if I don’t, that same thing will make me go stark-raving bananas. "
60 " Like a Siren, it tempts me with whispered promises of the ever-elusive Normal Life. "