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1 " Grief orbits the heart. Some days the circle is greater. Those are the good days. You have room to move and dance and breathe. Some days the circle is tighter. Those are the hard ones. "
― Steven Rowley , The Guncle
2 " need you to remember something. We’ll call it Guncle Rule sweet sixteen: I want you to really live. To live is the rarest of things. Most people merely exist. "
3 " Why do you like boys?” Grant asked sourly, but with slightly more boredom than judgment. “I don’t know, why do you like pizza?”“Because it tastes good in my mouth.”Patrick wasn’t about to go anywhere near that. "
4 " Guncle Rule number eight: Live your life to the fullest every single day, because every day is a gift. That’s why people die. To teach us the importance of living. "
5 " There are two tragedies in life: one is not getting what you want, the other is getting it. "
6 " The books were easy to restack, but he pulled a few titles to donate, anyhow. Books should be an experience, he thought, not a trophy for having read them. "
7 " Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary.” —OSCAR WILDE "
8 " Normal is a terrible thing to aspire to,” Patrick had said. “Aim higher. "
9 " Trying to say how much your mom loved you is like trying to describe the size of the universe. It can’t be quantified. Can’t be done. I’ll bet she finds a million ways to say hello. Your eyes just have to be open to seeing them. "
10 " Books should be an experience, he thought, not a trophy for having read them. "
11 " What do we say in this house? Boys can do girl things and girls can do boy things. That’s not even a Guncle Rule, there shouldn’t even be boy things and girl things to begin with. People should just do what they want. "
12 " Guncle Rule number seven: In this house we wear what we want, it doesn’t matter if it’s for boys or girls. Anything goes, anything you want, so long as it doesn’t have mean words printed on it and it’s not making fun of anyone else. We don’t worry about what others think. Deal? "
13 " So many nights Patrick had looked up at the desert night sky trying to find meaning, trying to locate himself. He would always come back to the same thing: stargazing was time traveling. "
14 " People who love each other fight. The opposite of love isn’t anger. It’s indifference. When people stop fighting, that’s when you should be worried. "
15 " You can’t spell nemesis without me, sis. "
16 " Gay people, Christians always fighting over the symbolism when rainbows rightfully belonged to the leprechauns. "
17 " That’s what I’m telling you. The pain you feel, the disaster you think is imminent. Those feelings fade. And some days you even miss it. Some days you miss the pain, "
18 " How quickly she’d become part of the family by doing nothing else but resting her chin on his thigh while snoozing. "
19 " He never wanted other people to see the sadness. He was so afraid people wouldn’t laugh if everyone knew how twisted he looked on the inside. "
20 " There was no cell reception here, but Maisie’s bullshit detector was pinging. "
