212 Quotes by Lauren Myracle

I think that ties in with issues of identity as well – that sometimes there are parts of us we want to hide, and then there’s other times we say, “You know what? Nope. Done hiding that part.”

I’m in loooove with this boy, and when you in love with someone, you don’t give up on ’em, mo matter what.

People change for each other all the time. Take any love story, any great love story at all, and you’ll see that people have to be willing to change if they’re going to make things work out. Like Shrek, when Fiona tells Shrek that she’s sick of his burping and farting and everything. And Shrek’s like, ‘I’m an ogre. Deal with it.’ And Fiona says, ‘What if I can’t?’ So Shrek takes that potion that turns him into a hunky prince. He does it out of love for Fiona.

You should be out stirring up trouble with your friends, not bothering with all them books you read. You know it’s them books what make you talk funny.

I didn’t like being alone. Being alone was slightly better than having to deal with people, that’s all. Or so I’d convinced myself.

Cats and dogs are said to be sworn enemies, but I don’t believe it. I think we get to choose our enemies, just like we choose our friends.

But you have to live in the present. You have to take the old and make it new – that’s my point.

I’m a southern girl, and I grew up with this slightly schizophrenic upbringing where I bounced back and forth between Atlanta, Georgia, and a tiny mountain town called Brevard, North Carolina. My parents were divorced, and my two lives were very different because of socioeconomic reasons.

So as a seventh grader, no, you weren’t friends with people you didn’t like. But sometimes you also weren’t friends with people you did like, which was complicated, and which didn’t make any sense if you tried to explain it. Sometimes things just changed. That’s where the sadness came in.