Quotes from Don't Even Think About It

Sarah Mlynowski ·  317 pages

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“That's our story.

How we became a we.

And that's what we are these day. A we.

When you're a group that can hear each other's thoughts, the line between I and We gets kind of blurry.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, quote from Don't Even Think About It


“Normal is boring. Who wants that?”
― Sarah Mlynowski, quote from Don't Even Think About It


“He knew he was sounding a little Holden Caulfield-esque calling everyone a phony, but he really did think everyone was a phony.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, quote from Don't Even Think About It


“We were not always freaks. Sure, most of us occasionally exhibited freakish behavior. But that’s not the same thing. This is the story of how we became freaks. It’s how a group of Is became a we.”
― Sarah Mlynowski, quote from Don't Even Think About It


About the author

Sarah Mlynowski
Born place: in Montreal, Canada
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