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21 " So maybe I don't know what'll happen. But it's nice to have someone to not know with you. "
― Emery Lord , The Names They Gave Us
22 " I'm not sure why I feel lonely instead of just alone. "
23 " As much as I want to be the one crying, I want to be the kind of person someone can hold on to. "
24 " I would crawl to wherever you were, emotionally, so that you wouldn't feel alone. "
25 " This is because she doesn't know about me picking a fight with Shruggy Jesus or rolling around topless with Lukas. My soul has already put on a blinker for the Hell exit, and now I live at hippie camp. That's like sending me into the express lane. "
26 " I like your orange dog.” Nadia taps her finger near the fox I’m trying to draw.I lean against my hand to hide my smile. “Thanks. "
27 " It's enough to make you believe. Maybe not in symbols; maybe not in gods. But certainly in people. "
28 " Understanding doesn't make me feel any less lied to. "
29 " You change as you get older, especially at this time in your life. You become more yourself, hopefully. And sometimes that changes the dynamic, even with people you love. So it's not that you were wrong. You were right for that time. But you grow up and you grow out of relationships. Even the ones you thought, at one point, might be forever. "
30 " And I say a final last prayer, this one in gratitude that there are people in the world who will protect kids with a fire that makes them sprint after cars, fight systems, curse with rage. It's enough to make you believe. Maybe not in symbols, maybe not in gods. But certainly in people. "
31 " Crush away. Get crushed, even. Feel it all, okay? Show up for it. "
32 " Letting yourself process hurt is pretty tough. "
33 " ... we're older but we're not the grown-ups who seem too far away to really understand. "
34 " It changes you,” Keely says. “You can be okay again. Just a different kind of okay than before. "
35 " It’s enough to make you believe. Maybe not in symbols; maybe not in gods. But certainly in people. "
36 " And I say a final last prayer, this one in gratitude that there are people in the world who will protect kids with a fire that makes them sprint after cars, fight systems, curse with rage. It’s enough to make you believe. Maybe not in symbols; maybe not in gods. But certainly in people. "
37 " Every single night, I stare up at my bedroom's speckled ceiling, wondering if God sees me. "
38 " I'm not sure if this is true. I just want it to be so badly. "
39 " How did we get here so quickly and so slowly? "