Her next words took me by surprise. I lay as still as I could, barely breathing, afraid that if I moved she would stop speaking her heart.“ My mom wanted six children. She only got me, and that sucks for her because I was a total weirdo.”“ You were not, ” I said. She twisted her head up to look at me.“ I used to line my lips in black eyeliner and sit cross-legged on the kitchen table … meditating.”“ Not that bad, ” I said. “Crying out for attention.”“ Okay, when I was twelve I started writing letters to my birth mother because I wanted to be adopted.” I shook my head. “Your childhood sucked, you wanted a new reality.” She snorted air through her nose. “I thought a mermaid lived in my shower drain, and I used to call her Sarah and talk to her.”“ Active imagination, ” I countered. She was becoming more insistent, her little body wriggling in my grip.“ I used to make paper out of dryer lint.”“ Nerdy.”“ I wanted to be one with nature, so I started boiling grass and drinking it with a little bit of dirt for sugar.” I paused. “Okay, that’s weird.”“ Thank you! ” she said. Then, she got serious again. “My mom just loved me through all of it. Tarryn Fisher
I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.
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Marilyn Monroe
You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on earth.
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William W. Purkey
You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.
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Dr. Seuss
A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.
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Elbert Hubbard
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
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Love is illogical. You fall into it like a manhole. Then you're just stuck. You die in love more than you live in love.
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