It was like discovering that some part of you wasn't yours at all. And it made me wonder what else I couldn't claim.
Sarah DessenTag: self-discovery
I just shook my head, knowing this was him evading the question.
You," I said, "have this whole tall, dark stranger thing going on. Not to mention the tortured artist bit."
Bit?"
You know what I mean."
He shook his head, clearly discounting this description.
And you," he said, "have that whole blonde, cool and collected, perfect smart girl thing going on."
You're the boy all the girls want to rebel with," I said.
You," he replied, "are the unattainable girl in homeroom who never gives a guy the time of day.
Tag: stereotypes
But now, I was beginning to wonder if you didn't always have to choose between turning away for good or rushing in deeper. In the moments that it really counts, maybe it's enough- more than enough, even- just to be there.
~Ruby, pg 399
Once I turned eighteen, I could cut myself off from everyone and finally get what I wanted, which was to be on my own, once and for all.
~Ruby, pg 38
For me, family means the silent treatment. At any given moment, someone is always not speaking to someone else.'
Really,' I said.
We're passive-aggressive people,' she explained, taking a sip of her coffee. 'Silence is our weapon of choice. Right now, for instance, I'm not speaking to two of my sisters and one brother... At mine [my house], silence is golden. And common.'
To me,' Reggie said, picking up a bottle of Vitamin A and moving it thoughtfully from one hand to the other, 'family is, like, the wellspring of human energy. The place where all life begins.'...
Harriet considered this as she took a sip of coffee. 'Huh,' she said. 'I guess when someone else does something worse. Then you need people on your side, so you make up with one person, jsut as you're getting pissed off at another.'
So it's an endless cycle,' I said.
I guess.' She took another sip. 'Coming together, falling apart. Isn't that what families are all about?
Tag: family
The point,' Ms. Conyers continued, "is that no word had one specific definition. Maybe in the dictionary, but not in real life.
Sarah DessenTag: family
A lot can change between planning something and actually doing it. But maybe all that really matters is that anything is different at all.
Sarah DessenTag: ruby-on-jaime
And the rest is history,' I said.
Nah.' He shook his head. 'The rest is now.
My point is,' Jamie continued, 'not everything's perfect, especially at the beginning. And it's all right to have a little bit of regret every once in a while. It's when you feel it all the time and can't do anything about it... that's when you get into trouble.'
pg 169-170
Leaving was easy. It was everything else that was so damned hard.
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