“The Marines may have made me a man, but Grace made me human.”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“It’s easier to have a relationship with someone who isn’t there than someone who is.”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“Trust me to know my own feelings. Don't assume you know what's best for me.”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“Lana was good for my ego. She was good for everything. Too bad I was straight. And then there was the whole 'cousin' thing”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“Unhealthy realities can be constructed out of imaginary occurrences as a coping strategy disguised as wish fulfillment,”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“She might protest that we were just friends, but I was starting to think she liked my show of possessiveness. I’d try to keep to only small doses until I built up her tolerance for me.”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“I’m not getting married. I plan to live a life of bachelorette-hood. I’ll be eccentric, have nine cats, and wear blue eye shadow and fur in the summer,”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“there was a battered desk with its drawers open and askew, like a lady of the night with her heels kicked off and pantyhose around her ankles.”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“If you plan to be an artist you need to learn how to take criticism and stand up for your work. If you don't love it, no one will.”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“Sometimes it was hard to know where you stood with Lana. She was too busy protecting herself. If you weren't persistent, she never let you in.”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“I'm the same way," Lana admitted. "I keep picking guys who are bad bets because they do what I expect them to screw me over. That way, It's never my fault when the relationship fails.”
― Jen Frederick, quote from Undeclared
“Once, over dinner, Henry was quite startled to learn from me than men had walked on the moon. “No,” he said, putting down his fork.
“It’s true,” chorused the rest, who had somehow managed to pick this up along the way.
“I don’t believe it.”
“I saw it,” said Bunny. “It was on television.”
“How did they get there? When did this happen?"”
― Donna Tartt, quote from The Secret History
“Alec isn’t happy,” said Magnus, as if she hadn’t spoken.
“Of course he isn’t,” Isabelle snapped. “Jace—”
“Jace,” said Magnus, and his hands made fists at his sides. Isabelle stared at him. She had always thought that he didn’t mind Jace; liked him, even, once the question of Alec’s affections had been settled. Out loud, she said:
“I thought you were friends.”
“It’s not that,” said Magnus. “There are some people — people the universe seems to have singled out for special destinies. Special favors and special torments. God knows we’re all drawn toward what’s beautiful and broken; I have been, but some people cannot be fixed. Or if they can be, it’s only by love and sacrifice so great it destroys the giver.”
Isabelle shook her head slowly. “You’ve lost me. Jace is our brother, but for Alec — he’s Jace’s parabatai too —”
“I know about parabatai,” said Magnus, his voice rising in pitch. “I’ve known parabatai so close they were almost the same person; do you know what happens, when one of them dies, to the one that’s left—”
“Stop it!” Isabelle clapped her hands over her ears, then lowered them slowly. “How dare you, Magnus Bane,” she said.
“How dare you make this worse than it is —”
“Isabelle.” Magnus’ hands loosened; he looked a little wide-eyed, as if his outburst had startled even him. “I am sorry. I forget, sometimes . . . that with all your self-control and strength, you possess the same vulnerability that Alec does.”
“There is nothing weak about Alec,” said Isabelle.
“No,” said Magnus. “To love as you choose, that takes strength. The thing is, I wanted you here for him. There are things I can’t do for him, can’t give him . . .” For a moment Magnus looked oddly vulnerable. “You have known Jace as long as he has. You can give him understanding I can’t. And he loves you.”
“Of course he loves me. I’m his sister.”
“Blood isn’t love,” said Magnus, and his voice was bitter. “Just ask Clary.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from City of Lost Souls
“Man wonders but God decides
When to kill the Prince of Tides.”
― Pat Conroy, quote from The Prince of Tides
“I didn't have much to say to anybody but kept to myself and my books. With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw it's fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy.”
― Haruki Murakami, quote from Norwegian Wood
“So you're my boss now," I snap.
"Technically, I'm you're boss's boss's boss."
"And technically, it's gross moral turpitude- the fact that i am fucking my boss's boss's boss."
"At the moment, you're arguing with him." Christian scowls.”
― E.L. James, quote from Fifty Shades Darker
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