People become pieces inside of you. They can fill you up and make you a whole.
Katie KacvinskyI don't know what to say. I hate that. I wish I had all the answers for you. I wish I could explain why this happened.
Katie KacvinskyIt's dying," I say. "When the center is exposed like that, it doesn't have a chance."
"But it's beautiful," she points out, I stare at the shriveling cactus and try to see the beauty in it.
"That's the way I want to go out," she decides.
"What?" I ask. "Torn up and ripped open?"
She shakes her head. "Totally exposed, with no regrets. You can tell this cactus lived; it has the battle scars to prove it. Why go out looking perfect and put together? It means you didn't experience anything. You didn't take any risks.
I wish I could catch the words and reel them back in my mouth to safely store in my Shut the Hell Up, You Idiot file.
Katie KacvinskyYou know, being normal isn't a terrible thing," he says.
"It isn't terrible," I agree. "It's just a lack of courage.
It's easy to hear words. It's another thing to accept them.
Katie KacvinskyLife's too short to hold back forgiveness.
Katie KacvinskyVictims don't make it very far in life
Katie KacvinskyPeople annoy the crap out of me," he says. "I think people are nervous and loud and rude and selfish and stupid pretty much all the time."
[...]
"If they're beautiful they know it, so they don't bother having a personality or associating with people that don't fit into their league or can't afford their company. And, somehow these people are the most popular, which makes absolutely no sense. People try so hard to be accepted, they turn into a walking stereotype. They're pathetically easy to predict. They're insecure and try to mask it with whatever product corporate America is currently making and they always let you down. Just give them enough time, and they will."
[...]
"I think everyone's caught up in these narrow-minded worlds and they think their world exists in the center of the universe. Relationship only happen when it's convenient. You have to walk on eggshells for people because that's how strong they are these days. And you can't confront people, because if you do, that brittle shell of confidence will crack. So we all become passive cowards that carry a fake smile wherever we go because God forbid you let your guard down long enough for people to see your life isn't perfect. That you have a few flaws. Because who wants to see that?
if you never leave where you came from, I don't think you'll ever figure out who you are.
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