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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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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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How was I supposed to concentrate on my mental health when my therapist was encased in orange sparkle madness?
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I suffer migraines. I do not suffer fools.
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Never take a seat in the back of the room. Winners sit up front.
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Because on some level, even though it never turns out to be true, and even though I should know better, I still expect life to be like the movies.
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If those are your friends, you've got no need for enemies.
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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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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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...our family is white as far back on the family tree as I've ever looked, and I guess I picture people white white white unless someone tells me otherwise
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Absorbing the fact that sometimes, people do cut you slack and forgive you and want you anyway. Sometimes they do. And when they do, even if it's not a happy ending, it is delicious
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Everything doesn't seem like anything when you love someone. Especially when you're young.
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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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Dances are generally more fun to think about and get ready for than they actually are when you get there.
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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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I like to be direct. Okay, I said. But I warn you, I like to be evasive, inserutable and generally send mixed messages. I doubt it. Human interaction is not my strong point, I told him.
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Singin' in the Rain was most excellent if you like movies where people burst into song and tap-dance. Which I do, though not as much as I like movies where people don't.
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Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them.
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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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Secrets are more powerful when people know you've got them, said Mr. Sutton. You show them the tiniest edge of your secret, but the rest you keep under wraps.
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You can't have an ending. It's impossible. Because unlike in the movies, life goes on. You're never at the end until you die.
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