

“That was what love had in common with duty: that it was something to be fought for, and if it was not your fight, to be waited for.”
― In Other Lands
― In Other Lands

“Evil is boring. Right? I kinda believe in the banality and mundaneness of evil. Evil is just selfish impulses, which at the end of the day are really easy to understand. It's easy to understand why people do bad things. It's like "Yeah, okay, you're selfish and scared and cruel, I get it." Being good is complex and beautiful and hard.”
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“trying to avoid the fact that they were all chasing the same girl. It’s kind of surreal to realize she’s the only one still running.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler

“You really think you can be happy here? Do you want to ask my mom how that's going for her?'
'I know she left. A lot of people do. And that's okay! I get it! Everybody has to do what they have to do. But if everyone like us leaves False Beach, it's never going to change. Someone has to stay.'
'But why does it have to be you?'
Georgie finally lifts her eyes. 'Because I can take it.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
'I know she left. A lot of people do. And that's okay! I get it! Everybody has to do what they have to do. But if everyone like us leaves False Beach, it's never going to change. Someone has to stay.'
'But why does it have to be you?'
Georgie finally lifts her eyes. 'Because I can take it.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler

“There’s nothing wrong with you. You’re just you.” “I’m not a nice person,” she says. “Chloe,” her mom says, “your mama and I decided long before you were born that we would let you be whoever you are, no matter who that is.” “And if who you are is a snarling little Pomeranian with eyes like fire, then that’s who you are, darling,” her mama adds.”
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler
― I Kissed Shara Wheeler

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