“You can't fall in love with a man for who he is, and then expect him to change. Just love him, and if he's worth his salt, he'll give you what you need and be the man you need him… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“Parents have funny ways of showing their love sometimes. Mom says my life is all black and white right now, as a kid. But she says when I get older, become a women, that changes, and there's a lot of… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“...you make your own way in life. Sometimes that's hard for people to love, when they can't make you do what they want you… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“You can't fall in love with a man for who he is, and then expect him to change. Just love him, and if he's… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“How great it would be if our bad memories could be stored in our skin rather than our brains, and we could lather than… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“It's amazing how we push against things, things that in our depths we know we want, we know are good for us, yet we… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“How did you know you loved Gramps? The way I felt when I was with him. The things he did to me when he… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“He grinned, raising the glass to his lips, the liquid wetting his mouth. I wanted to be that glass. -from chapter Hurts So Good,… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“Strange how completely adequate a person looks on paper, yet how inadequate they feel inside.” — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“Within each of us, there lies the innate ability to survive, triumph, and overcome, rewriting the scripts of our own lives, having some power… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“I found in my possession the ultimate choice. Without a moment's contemplation, I chose my life. I was in a good place, right where… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“If you smile and laugh, people think you're happy. If you act calm and collected, people think you have it together.” — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
“My sixth grade sex education class quickly came to mind, and I wondered why masturbation was discussed when addressing the adolescent male, but not… — Brooklyn James Copy Share Image
