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See the world as it is, not as you wish it would be

E. Lockhart

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E. Lockhart
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: September 13
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New York City
New York
Emily Jenkins
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...a box where she was expected to be sweet and sensitive (but not oversensitive) a box for young and pretty girls who were not as bright or powerful as their boyfriends. A box for people who were not forces to be reckoned with.
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I don't know if there is a one for me. I think I might like variety.
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If you don't want to be in an argument with someone, it is probably best to try to solve the problem, rather than lying around hoping the other person will do it for you.
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Love is when you give someone else the power to destroy you, and you trust them not to do it.
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Frankie appreciated both the accolades and the rejections equally, because both meant she'd had an impact. She wasn't a person who needed to be liked so much as she was a person who liked to be notorious.
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These guys, they were so sure of their places in life--so deeply confident of their merit and their future--they didn't need any kind of front at all.
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Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them.
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If those are your friends, you've got no need for enemies.
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How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?
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We shouldn't piss them off, explained Frankie, because who knows what they'll do now that they've united.
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They do sometimes go crazy, these people, because the world is telling them not to want the things they want. It can seem saner to give up-But then one goes insane from giving up.
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I know they're not getting divorced or anything, but when your parents argue it makes the whole universe seem like it's tipping, like everything could change if they got mad enough at each other, like the world isn't a safe place. And of course, that's true, isn't it? The world is not a safe place.
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My problem is I can think whatever I think—girl power, solidarity, Gloria Steinem rah rah rah — but I still feel the way I feel. Which is jealous. And pissy about little things.
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When you hate someone you used to love, and you think he's done something awful - he probably has.
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Get over it, Roo. If you have friends who actually like you, you’re popular enough.
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I sit around too much, waiting for other people to do stuff and angsting about stuff they've done, without doing anything myself.
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Dances are generally more fun to think about and get ready for than they actually are when you get there.
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She doesn't feel like crying anymore.
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Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young.
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She had been nobody and he had been golden.
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