#hang

Sky passed out on the road today," Karen says, changing the subject. "Some adorable man-boy carried her inside." I laugh. "Guy, Mom. Please just say guy. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#man-boy #sky-davis #change

I write like I make love: alone in my bathtub, as I let the fantasy overflow and wash over me.
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— Jarod Kintz

#change

You can change the place you live, your clothes, your interests, your friends, your religion and even your partner. But if you forgot to change your mind, attitude, beliefs about the world, how you treat people and how you plan to be different this time around, why did you even bother? ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#changing #different #inattention #life #loss-of-focus

In her heart she is a mourner for those who have not survived. In her soul she is a warrior for those who are now as she was then. In her life she is both celebrant and proof of women's capacity and will to survive, to become, to act, to change self and society. And each year she is stronger and there are more of her. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#survivor #violence #women #change

You'll may not have all the things you'll want in the world, but the true love that you'll have for each other should be enough for you two to be thankful in life still. ↗

— Jonathan Anthony Burkett

#inspirational #life #life-changing #love #uplifting

What happened to goodbye? ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#missing-someone #sad-but-true #unexpected-changes #change

Here was something that I did all the time, and thought nothing of it, and it turns out the rest of the world thinks it's completely reprehensible. That's when I knew I needed to change, so I started making rules. The first one was; Don't mess with animals. ↗

— Dan Wells

#change

Choosing to break up your family is one of the most difficult decisions you will make in a lifetime. But once you have come to it; it will be with certainty. Certainty that you are ready to embrace the changes, the challenges and the joys of starting a new life. ↗

— Lisa Thomson

#divorce #love #change

...and Lucy." She looked like she might cry. 'What about her?' "Lucy smells like food." She nearly gagged saying it. 'Sol, all that's normal. Lucy smelled good before I turned, and now she smells even better. But I haven't tried to eat her face and neither will you.' "She's not safe in this house." 'Safer than out there,' I argued, even though I agreed with her. 'Look, you used to eat hamburgers.' She blinked, confused. "So?" 'So, did you ever walk through one of the farms at a field party and suddenly try to eat a cow?' "Um, no." Her chuckle was watery but it was better than nothing. "And, ew." 'Exactly. You can crave blood and not eat your best friend. ↗

— Alyxandra Harvey

#drake-chronicals #humor #lucy-hamilton #nicholas-drake #solange-drake

But the world moves on, even when you don't want it to, even when change feels like the end of everything. It never stops. ↗

— Ann Aguirre

#change