“You might not realize it now, kid, but everyone is some shade of fucked-up.”
“There aren’t laws for emotions, Tristan. There isn’t a magical timeframe where it’s okay to fall in love with someone or okay to fall out of it. Emotions don’t play by rules. That’s what makes them so incredible.”
“You always make me get so fuckin’ emotional. I’d get my ass beat if anyone saw me the way I am with you.”
“Nothing in this world was completely black or white. Wrong or right. Or if it was, what mattered was whose eyes it was being seen from.”
“He looked up as Tristan reached him. No doubt he had tears mixed with the rain sliding down his face. “It’s my birthday,” he whispered. “That’s when he gave me the queen. He said it’s because I was the strongest person he knew.”
“And then he cocked his head a little bit. A slight smile tugged at Tristan’s lips. “You talked to her. This was the first day of college you missed, and it was because you spoke with her all day on the phone.”
“Emotions don't play by rules. That's what makes them so incredible.”
“Where are we going?” Josiah shook as he spoke. “Home.”
“All he knew was all those empty rooms inside him were somehow filled when Mateo was around.”
“OFFICIAL ESTIMATES SAY THAT BETWEEN 1,000 AND 1,500 people sleep rough on the streets of London on any given night. Many of them are young runaways, fleeing abuse of various kinds at home. Some are elderly, people at the end of their lives who have lost everything. Quite a few have mental-health problems, made worse by the impossibility of getting their required medication. All are vulnerable; always cold, always hungry, slowly getting more weak and more scared.”
“When you’re an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your own head with your own handmade wand. And you feel stupid doing it.”
“Maybe we should destroy it,” Sunny said unexpectedly. They all turned to look at her.”
“skilled manual work offered spiritual rewards to which academic institutions and my parent’s social milieu were oblivious.”
“Each of us is looking for a path back to the present:”
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