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1 " How will I know who I can become if I don't give myself the chance to try new things, to push myself beyond my normal boundaries? Who might I be if I am away from the things that I currently use to define myself? "
― Eileen Cook , With Malice
2 " How will I know who I can become if I don't give myself the chance to try new things, to push myself beyond my natural boundaries? Who might I be if I am away from the things that I currently use to define myself? "
3 " Why is it they say you always hurt the ones you love? Because you know exactly how to do it. "
4 " Who we are is what comes out when shit goes bad. You can't tell anything about a person when things are great. If you want to really know someone, be there when everything goes to hell. "
5 " we can still be good people, even if we don't say or do good things all the time. "
6 " It doesn’t matter what’s true—what matters is what people believe. "
7 " I was going to Yale, for crying out loud. How could anyone think I was guilty of murder? "
8 " they are ambassadors for this program and for their country. "
9 " Maybe I only wanted to believe I was the kind of person who would never do something to Simone. "
10 " One of the most primal survival instincts the brain has is finding pattern and assigning meaning. When there is a breakdown, it will scramble to find those patterns again as quickly as possible. "
11 " Why is it they say that you always hurt the ones you love? Because you know exactly how to do it. "
12 " When everyone was falling in and out of love with some random guy they sat next to in history, I never felt swoony or envious. It seemed a waste. Guys, or at least the ones I’d met, didn’t seem worth the bother. "
13 " my dad huffing and puffing about how he insisted on the top tier of care. "
14 " Then something happens, and we realize that all we’ve fallen for is the idea of something, not the reality. "
15 " Who we are is what comes out when shit goes bad. You can’t tell anything about a person when things are great. If you want to really know someone, be there when everything goes to hell. "
16 " How do I know what is true versus my imagination "
17 " I know that’s wrong to feel that way.” “Feelings aren’t wrong. They just are. "
18 " Fictional boyfriends were way more satisfying, in my experience. They almost always said the right thing, and when you got bored with them, you just put them back on the shelf. "
19 " Who we are is what comes out when shit goes bad. You can’t tell anything about a person when things are great. If "