“The only way to belong is to act like you belong. Or to not give a shit whether you belong or not.”
― Lauren Conrad, quote from L.A. Candy
“Love...who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she was perfectly content.”
― Lauren Conrad, quote from L.A. Candy
“Real relationships - the kind that were supposed to last but never did - were more trouble than they were worth.”
― Lauren Conrad, quote from L.A. Candy
“It's always better to be the dumper than the dumpee.”
― Lauren Conrad, quote from L.A. Candy
“In case you didn't notice me, I'm the less attractive friend to the right.”
― Lauren Conrad, quote from L.A. Candy
“He had a lot of different smiles, and Jane was getting to know them all.”
― Lauren Conrad, quote from L.A. Candy
“Jane was wearing a charcoal shift dress. The black dipped into a love V accented with a large black chiffon bow. A layer of delicate black lace peeked out from the bottom of her dress. Her long blond hair was pulled back tightly into a straight ironed ponytail. Her makeup was simple: coral blush on her cheeks and gunmetal shadow brushed under her blue eyes.”
― Lauren Conrad, quote from L.A. Candy
“Why had Jesse asked Scarlett to sit next to him? And since when did guys go to the bathroom together?”
― Lauren Conrad, quote from L.A. Candy
“Someone once asked Dad: “But what do you want to save time for? What are you going to do with it?” “For work, if you love that best,” said Dad. “For education, for beauty, for art, for pleasure.” He looked over the top of his pince-nez. “For mumblety-peg, if that's where your heart lies.”
― Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., quote from Cheaper by the Dozen
“So I was thinking we should skip tomorrow, stay right here and watch shitty movies all day."
My first response was to say I couldn't skip a whole day's worth of classes, but as I met Cam's mischievous gaze, I said screw it. "That's a brilliant idea."
"I know, right?" He tapped his head. "I'm full of great shit."
"Yeah, you're definitely full of it..."
"Ha.”
― J. Lynn, quote from Wait for You
“in a woman's womb.
another chance.
to make the world better.”
― Ellen Hopkins, quote from Burned
“Ah, ah. No releas, Paul. Eres muy joven, y aquellos que releen tienden a llenarse de la sabiduría inadecuada antes de tiempo. Ahora tienes que leer, leer todo lo que puedas, lo más heterogéneo posible. Sólo cuando llegas a mis años sabes que aquello que relees no es una pérdida de tiempo.”
― Juan Gomez-Jurado, quote from The Traitor's Emblem
“Phrases like 'the team spirit' are always employed to cut across individualism, love and personal loyalties.”
― Muriel Spark, quote from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
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