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21 " Let’s just say when I was little and my mom was out, I’d go to bed with a ketchup bottle.”“I already love this story so much...”“It was a foolproof plan. If the bad guys came in I could douse myself and they wouldn’t kill me because I was already dead.”“Jesus, I can’t tell if that’s the cutest thing I’ve ever heard or the absolute most sad. "
― Mary H.K. Choi , Emergency Contact
22 " Finally, if you're wondering if it counts and it feels like it counts, it counts. "
23 " I want a world where everything lights up because I'm in it "
24 " If you're going to be racist you should at least try to be less ignorant, although maybe that was a contradiction . . . "
25 " Everything precious was also vulnerable. "
26 " You can be with the same person for a long time and have it be fine and meet someone else who instantly makes you see that it's broken "
27 " I want to be with someone I can talk to. I want to be with someone who automatically has a fat folder on me. Someone who feels lucky when I tell them the most unflattering, scary stuff. "
28 " And for all the people waiting for permission to level up enough before they start working on something big and scary--just go in. Don't be like me. "
29 " The next morning Sam woke up feeling good. Not sensational or anything foolish but supremely okay. "
30 " Penny would stop trying. Instead she'd spend time preparing for her future, living in books until the exciting part of her life would begin. Things would matter then. In fact, everything would be different. "
31 " Some people’s coping mechanisms were all about festering and secrecy and ruminating until you grew yourself a nice little tumor in your heart with a side of panic attack. Different strokes. "
32 " Loving someone was traumatizing. "
33 " People scared Penny all the time. Like her mother and even Sam. It meant she loved them. "
34 " it's more this undeniable mood. It's this warm, familiar and exciting feeling where you miss them already when you're with them. "
35 " Everyone is capable of putting words down or telling a story. But not everyone will actually do it. "
36 " She laughed. “Are you in love with Penny?” “How is that a conclusion? That’s a question.” Jude rolled her eyes. “She says she’s in love with you.” “She did not.” “Fine, she didn’t say those exact words, but it’s the only explanation. She’s in love with you.” “Stop,” he said. “You know she’s inscrutable. You ever notice how she seems furious when she’s super excited?” Jude laughed. “Or when she’s actually furious and starts bawling? That’s a classic,” she responded. "
37 " It was inconceivable for Penny that his eyes served any function other than to be admired. "
38 " Penny arranged everything exactly the way that made sense. TP was hung in the correct direction (‘over’ obviously; ‘under’ was for murderers). "
39 " At least now she had time to write. All the time. In the world. Alone. Forever. "
40 " Unlike cooking, photography kept you on your toes. It was chaotic and human -- utterly unpredictable. to capture an unposed face you had to wait for it. It was spear fishing. you had to move between the competing rhythms of the world and strike. "