Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.
Julianna BaggottTags: love
Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.
Julianna BaggottSometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.
Julianna BaggottTags: mistakes
Finally she said, "When I grow up, I'm going to live out here. I'll probably be a Miss Somebody, too..."
Don't grow up," I told her. "It only gets more confusing.
And I knew that I loved him with more than a nod. I loved him with a rush of tenderness, a lion's share. (Is that ever enough?)
I wanted to survive. I had to. I never called.
Even if their supplies of love are finite, they've figured out that life is, too, and they're no longer rationing.
Julianna BaggottOur stories are what we have,” Our Good Mother says. “Our stories preserve us. we give them to one another. Our stories have value. Do you understand?
Julianna BaggottTags: stories
Are there books about us or something?” This makes Pressia angry - the idea that this world is a subject of study, a story, instead of filled with real people, trying to survive.
Julianna BaggottTags: books
Memories are like water.
Julianna BaggottPart of the post-apocalyptic, dystopian trend is that it seems to go hand in hand with young adult novels. Maybe that's because it's not simply the adults who are aware of the current crisis. Teens are the ones who are being told, again and again, that their futures are in jeopardy. The teen years can feel dystopian even in the best of times. But I don't think we realize how much pressure and feeling of doom we're passing down to our teens.
Julianna BaggottTags: in-the-tampa-bay-times
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