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this is the rough part, okay? so just stay tuned for the good part. i promise it'll come soon.

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When you date someone, you have the markers along the way, right: You kiss, you have The Talk, you say the Three Little Words, you sit on a swing set ...more

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You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.

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I find it really offensive when people say that the emotional experiences of teenagers are less real or less important than those of adults. I am an a...more

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You can't know what an experience will mean to future-you until you are future-you. You need millions of seconds of perspective, which ultimately, onl...more

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We all romanticize the people we adore.

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Love is always a miracle, everywhere,every time. But for us, it's a little different. I don't want to say it's more miraculous...Our miracle is differ...more

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No, I don’t think you’re gonna be single forever, and also I don’t understand your obsession with romantic love. There are other ways to have fulfilli...more

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I believe in hope, in what is something called ”radical hope.” I believe there is hope for all of us, even amid the suffering. And that’s why I write ...more

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So I let her go, too. And I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.Takumi

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But I believe in true love, you know? Idon’t believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have tru...more

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He shook his head, just looking at me. - "What?" I asked.- "Nothing" he said.- "Why are you looking at me like that?"Augustus half smiled. "Because yo...more

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We were kissing.I thought: This is good.I thought: I am not bad at this kissing. Not bad at all.I thought: I am clearly the greatest kisser in the his...more

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Thomas Edison’s last words were ‘It’s very beautiful over there’. I don’t know where there is, but I believe it’s somewhere, and I hope it’s beautiful

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Every time I try to set something in Chicago, I get intimidated by 'Augie March.' It's easy to set something in Indianapolis - we don't have 'Augie Ma...more