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Quotes by Brigid Kemmerer

Can I tell you one thing?” Melonhead says.I swallow. “Sure.”“One day isn’t your whole life, Murph.” He waits until I look at him. “A day is just a day.”I scoff and slouch in the chair. “So what are you saying? That people shouldn’t judge me on one mistake? Tell that to Judge Ororos.”He leans in against the table. “No, kid. I’m saying you shouldn’t judge yourself for it.

You know what sucks about sorry? Its the worst word in the world. Because it always happens after you fuck up something good.

Loneliness is a funny disease. You don’t realize how badly you’re infected until someone gives you a shot of contentment—and then it wears off

You want to know what I believe? I believe in fate, but I also believe in free will. Meaning, theres a path, but were free to veer away from it. The only problem is that theres no way to know whose path were following on any given moment. Our own? Our fates? Other people are on their on paths, too. What happens when we intersect? What happens when someone else wipes our path clean, and were left with no road to follow? Is that fate? Is that when free will kicks in? Is the path there, but invisible?Who the hell knows?

She almost wished she smoked, so she could lie on the car’s hood, flick a lighter, and make up names for the constellations while nicotine burned her lungs.

When you’re sure of what you want, I’ll be right here.

He offered to make-out with Hunter if it would prove that hes ok with me being gay.Hmm, said Adam. Yeah I think I need to see proof.Shut up.Tell him it has to be shirtless. Wait, let me get my phone out-

“I forget that the world can narrow down to two people, a moment of vulnerability and trust. To a moment of love that seems to outshine the rest.”

“Happiness--is that what this is? The word doesnt feel strong enough. I forget, so often, that the most powerful moments in my life rarely end up being about my kingdom, or a war, or about even my subjects. I forget that the world can narrow down to two people, a moment of vulnerability and trust. To a moment of love that seems to outshine the rest.”