Jodee Blanco · 288 pages
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“What a desperate, pathetic fool I was. Time after time, my "friends" had shown me their true colors. Yet, I still wanted to believe they were sorry for causing me pain. p. 128”
“The hardest thing about being an outcast isn't the love you don't receive. It's the love you long to give that nobody wants. After a while, it backs up into your system like stagnant water and turns toxic, poisoning your spirit. When this happens, you don't have many choices available. You can become a bitter loner who goes through life being pissed off at the world; you can fester with rage until one day you murder your classmates. Or, you can find another outlet for your love, where it will be appreciated and maybe even returned.”
“Am I going to be this way for the rest of my life, always waiting for something bad to happen? Will I never truly be able to trust anyone? I worry that when I'm older, I'll be so afraid that people won't like me that I'll have trouble believing it when they actually do.”
“عندما يكون المرء ضحية أيّ نوع من التعسف ؛ يمكن أن يفعل أحد أمرين، يمكنه تعلّم كيفيّة تحويل الألم إلى غاية وإحداث فرق في العالم، أو يمكنه السماح له باخماد النور في داخله”
“People tend to consider beig vulnerable a bad thing. It's not. Vulnerability reminds us that we're human. It keeps us open to giving and receiving love. Without at least a little, we can become someone living n a prison of our own making, where the walls are so thick that no one can get in or out.”
“I now realize what Dorothy means in the final scene from The Wizard of Oz, when she says that if you have to look beyond your front door for your heart's desire, perhapsit was never there to begin with. Maybe, like Dorothy, I should embrace the love right in front of me and not search for some elusive dream that never mattered in the first place.”
“The hardest part about being an outcast, isn't the love you don't receive. It's the love you long to give that nobody wants.”
“You don't get to pick who you are in this life, but you can decide what you become.”
“يميل الناس إلى اعتبار سرعةالتأثر بأنها أمر سيئ. ولكن هذا غير صحيح . تذكرنا الحساسية بإنسانيتنا”
“لن أسمح لنفسي بإن أكون رهينة ذكرياتي المؤلمة”
“لا يمكن أن يتهرب المرء من ذاته . يمكنه تجاهلها ولكن لا يمكن التهربّ ابدًا”
“أي شخص اختار أن يكون مختلفًا كان عرضةً للمضايقة”
“This book is a labor of love. It is dedicated to people who have cried themselves to sleep because they were 'different'. It is also a celebration of the 'inner outcast' in all of us, and a humble attempt to inspire tolerance, understanding, and acceptance." the intro from the author”
“يمكنني تحقيق أي شيء إن بذلت جهدًا”
“يمكنك أن تصبح وحيدًا وتمضي قدمًا في حياتك غاضبًا على العالم أجمع ؛ يمكنك أن تسنشيط غضبًا إلى أن يأتي اليوم الذي تقتل فيه زملاءك . أو يمكنك إيجاد مخرجًا لحبك حيث سيُقدر حبك وتكون محبوبًا بالمقابل”
“لا أدري لمَ علينا حفظ دفتر يوميات حول أمور سنكون على الأرجح بحال أفضل إنْ نسيناها.”
“....stood there and watched and didn't do a thing to help me.”
“....you can overcome sadness, loneliness, even terrible loss. But guilt goes with you the grave.”
“لم يربط الناس دائمًا الواقع بالحزن وكأن من المفروض أن يكون الجميع تعساء”
“لا يُمكن إنتقاء ما أنت عليه في هذه الحياة ولكن يُمكنكَ أن تُقرر ما ستُصبح عليه *”
“أحيانًا ، يخاف الناس من الأشخاص المختلفين عنهم . لا يعني ذلك أنهم سيئون ولكنهم ضيقو التفكير وحسب”
“لقد أخبرني والدايّ بأن الطريقة الفضلى لتدبر أمر المتنمرين هي إهانتهم بتعليق ذكي ولاذع ثم الاستدارة والمغادرة.”
“عندما كان زملاء صفي يسخرون مني أو يهمسون كلمات بغيضة في قاعة الدراسة ، كنت أعزل نفسي عنهم وأنظم قصيدة ، وأغوص في صوت القلم الهادئ وهو يتحرك فوق الصفحة
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“عندما يكون المرء ضحية لأي نوع من التعسف، يمكنه أن يفعل أحد أمرين. يمكنه تعلم كيفية تحويل الألم إلى غاية وإحداث فرق في العالم أو يمكنه السماح له بإخماد النور في داخله. إن اختار الأمر الأخير، يكون قد ضحّى بأكثر من طفولته لآلهة الشعبية القساة.”
“لم اختر أن أكون مختلفة مثلما لا يختار أحد أن يكون شاذا أو طويلا. لا يمكن انتقاء ما أنت عليه في هذه الحياة ولكن يمكنك أن تقرر ما ستصبح عليه.”
“يمكنك التغلب عى الحزن والوحدة وحتى الخسارة الفادحة ولكن الذنب يرافقك حتى مماتك.”
“لا يمكن للمرء أن يتهرب من ذاته. يمكنه تجاهلها ولكن لا يمكن التهرب ابداً.”
“low expectations were the key to a happy life.”
“Betsy dreamed about going away from Deep Valley, but she didn't for a moment suspect that around a bend in her Winding Hall of Fate a journey was actually waiting.”
“Ir iš tiesų netrukus tekančio vandens šniokštimas pamažu nustelbė visur aplinkui šlamančius medžius, tyliai kalbančius vieni su kitais alsia, gailia šneka, kokia ramiomis dienomis prabyla eukaliptai.”
“~There are no recipes, only ingredients~”
“His lips slid over her ear. "My mind shares yours. If you're determined to go through with this, then know whatever this takes you, you won't be alone, Tansy. I'm strong. I'll find your mind and I'll bring you back."
"Last time I broke into a million pieces."
"I'll find each one.”
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