32 Quotes by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney

She supposed she could Google, but she preferred to wonder.

I you want people to judge you based on the inside, don’t distract them from the outside.

Everyone’s always on the hunt for a mirror. It’s basic psychology. You want to see yourself reflected in others.

His love for her was quiet and constant, familiar and soothing; it was almost its own thing entirely, like a worn rock or a set of worry beads, something he’d pick up and weigh in his palm occasionally, more comforting than dispiriting.

She believed in second chances, sometimes more than first chances, which were wasted on youth and indiscretion.

Sometimes a small change could make all the difference.

Nothing was a sure thing; every choice was just an educated guess, or a leap into a mysterious abyss. People might not change but their incentives could. So.

People abandoned one another constantly without performing the courtesy of of actually disappearing. They left, but didn’t, lurking about, a constant reminder of what could or should have been.

She was open to love, but she was best at managing her own happiness; it was other people’s happiness that sunk her.