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> [“If my sister were a character in a Victorian drama, she would be the snobbish rich girl with a penchant for talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/if-my-sister-were-a-character-in-a-victorian-drama-she-would-be-the/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“The past is past. You tried to kill yourself. So what? I humped a couch in season twelve. We all have our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/the-past-is-past-you-tried-to-kill-yourself-so-what-i-humped-a-couch/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“He looks like the kind of boy who would jump trains, strum guitars, and pass a joint.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/he-looks-like-the-kind-of-boy-who-would-jump-trains-strum-guitars-and/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“Hope is never the loudest voice-it's the quiet hum beneath despair, the fragile thread we follow when the world seems intent on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justice-aaron-fowler/hope-is-never-the-loudest-voice-it-s-the-quiet-hum-beneath-despair/)

[Justice Aaron Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justice-aaron-fowler/)

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> [“You know those primitive tribal people who believed a camera could steal your soul? Turns out they were right.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/you-know-those-primitive-tribal-people-who-believed-a-camera-could/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“Ocean gusts slunk between the trees, who whispered to one another about The Great White Father being home; how everything was back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-ducarte/ocean-gusts-slunk-between-the-trees-who-whispered-to-one-another/)

[Holly Ducarte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-ducarte/)

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> [“This night felt like a last hurrah, like we could blaze our brightest, at the apex of our insane adolescence. This was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/this-night-felt-like-a-last-hurrah-like-we-could-blaze-our-brightest/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“Hate is a lot like love. It's warm and fills you up until every part of you is tingling to release it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/hate-is-a-lot-like-love-it-s-warm-and-fills-you-up-until-every-part/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“Somehow, the pain and rage and confusion of the past eighteen years dissolves until all that is left is this one perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/somehow-the-pain-and-rage-and-confusion-of-the-past-eighteen-years/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“I don't like seeing myself on camera." But that's not it--that sounds shallow, like I'm worried I'll look fat or something. "It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/i-don-t-like-seeing-myself-on-camera-but-that-s-not-it-that-sounds/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“I'm not Bonnie™ or Chloe. I'm the essence of her, the nontrademarked person the camera can never capture and my parents have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/i-m-not-bonnie-or-chloe-i-m-the-essence-of-her-the-nontrademarked/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-revis/i-wrote-a-book-it-sucked-i-wrote-nine-more-books-they-sucked-too/)

[Beth Revis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-revis/)

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> [“Even Mom doesn't understand how being in front of a camera all the time twists and warps you. How one second it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/even-mom-doesn-t-understand-how-being-in-front-of-a-camera-all-the/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“I'd morphed, altered, nipped and tucked away bits of my personality for so long, I no longer recognized myself. I feared that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faiqa-mansab/i-d-morphed-altered-nipped-and-tucked-away-bits-of-my-personality-for/)

[Faiqa Mansab](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faiqa-mansab/)

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> [“This, I think, is a little glimpse of what life could be like without my family. Home could be a place of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/this-i-think-is-a-little-glimpse-of-what-life-could-be-like-without/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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> [“You can't screw up your own suicide and then expect the universe to give you presents wrapped in the skin of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-demetrios/you-can-t-screw-up-your-own-suicide-and-then-expect-the-universe-to/)

[Heather Demetrios](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-demetrios/)

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## Top authors on Debut-author

- [Heather Demetrios 12 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/debut-author/heather-demetrios/)

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