Our lives drifts along with normal things happening. Some ups, some downs, but nothing to go down in history about. Nothing so fantastic or terrible that it'll be told for a thousand years.“ But because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in books and movies, we think our lives are supposed to be filled with huge ups and downs! So people pretend there is drama where there is none.” That's why people invent fights. That's why we're drawn to sports. That's why we act like everything that happens to us is such a big deal. We're trying to make our life into a fairy tale. Derek Sivers
It took me years to figure out that upset was upset, and tumultuousness was not the same thing as passion. Love isn't drama.
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Deb Caletti
I just wanted to tell you that I understand if you go. It’s okay if you have to leave us. It’s okay if you want to stop fighting.
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Gayle Forman
I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes, downing vodka and sobbing uncontrollably. "We can't heal...
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Sarah Dessen
Rogerson, " I asked him sweetly as we sat watching a video in the pool house, "where would I find the pelagic zone?"" In the open sea, " he said. "Now shut up and eat your Junior Mints.
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Sarah Dessen
Your mother won a special reward, " she told me, "because everyone had a head in her pictures. We all applauded.
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Sarah Dessen
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Our lives drifts along with normal things happening. Some ups, some downs, but nothing to go down in history about. Nothing so fantastic or terrible that it'll be told for a thousand years.“ But because we grew up surrounded by big dramatic story arcs in...
