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1 " That’s because your parents can’t help you breathe if they can’t breathe for themselves. You understand? "
― Julie Murphy , Dear Sweet Pea (Dumplin')
2 " Just the thought of Dad crying made me cry too "
3 " t’s not very easy to say no to fire-breathing mom dragons. "
4 " I wish I could tell you that everything will be fine, but loving people is risky business. Things don’t always pan out how we think they should. But I gotta think that when the risk is worth it, it’s super worth it "
5 " Sorry, dude.”“I’m not your dude!” shouts Ricky.“Whatever, dude,” Greg shouts back "
6 " Starting at a new school kind of stinks. Even if everyone is pretty cool. But it’s not the same. At my old school me and my friends started a club called Paranormal Appreciation Society. How could I ever find anything that cool again? "
7 " I can’t imagine any version of Oscar I wouldn’t want in my life. "
8 " Hey!” I tell him. “Desperate times called for desperate measures "
9 " ...sometimes the moments that shape us are a result of a little bit of mischief. "
10 " ...there's more to marriage than being a parent, and there is oh so much more to being a parent than being married. "
11 " ...maybe part of growing up means letting people and places change so you can find new ways to love them. "
12 " none of us should waste any time waiting for happiness "
13 " For a moment, there’s nothing but silence. And it’s hard for me not to imagine Mom reaching over and taking Dad’s hand. I know everything has changed for them, but how do you just turn it off? How do you just stop loving someone? Mom and Dad weren’t just Mom and Dad. They were best friends too "
14 " how do you just turn it off? How do you just stop loving someone "
15 " You’re too young to be a middle-aged man "
16 " Did you just take the newspaper into the bathroom?” she asks through the door.I sit down on the edge of the tub. “Maybe?”“You’re too young to be a middle-aged man "
17 " If that sounds confusing to you, join the club "
18 " Sometimes it's easy to forget that quiet moments mean just as much as the loud ones, because it's not always about moving. Sometimes it's about sitting perfectly and quietly still. "
19 " ...good things are worth fighting for, but sometimes it's hard to remember why something was good to begin with. "
20 " ...we don't like each other much, but we are cursed to love each other. "
