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> [“We tried to be less self-involved. We tried to look up from our dumb obsessions and notice other people. We tried to be open, for once. We tried not to be just another vaguely racist family. We tried to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/we-tried-to-be-less-self-involved-we-tried-to-look-up-from-our-dumb/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

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## More by Andrea Portes

> [“I bet she thought she was getting into a fight with a vanilla wafer on roller skates but little did she know she was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/i-bet-she-thought-she-was-getting-into-a-fight-with-a-vanilla-wafer/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“If you threw Elvis and a scarecrow in a blender, topped the whole thing off with Seagram's 7 and pressed dice, you would make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/if-you-threw-elvis-and-a-scarecrow-in-a-blender-topped-the-whole/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“One hundred and thirteen seconds." "I am in extreme dislike ..." Gasp. "... of this process at the present moment." Gasp. "And also, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/one-hundred-and-thirteen-seconds-i-am-in-extreme-dislike-gasp-of-this/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“I look like vanilla pudding so nobody knows that on the inside I am spider soup.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/i-look-like-vanilla-pudding-so-nobody-knows-that-on-the-inside-i-am/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“And when I have that feeling, that feeling like I need a handout, desperate, I want to pull my skin off and turn into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/and-when-i-have-that-feeling-that-feeling-like-i-need-a-handout/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“When I get back to my dorm room, there it is, staring at me from above my bed. The Vladimir Putin calendar. Ha! I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/when-i-get-back-to-my-dorm-room-there-it-is-staring-at-me-from-above/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“Well, I'm sorry. Again. For like the millionth time. If there's anything I can do ... I'd offer to pay for your dry cleaning,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/well-i-m-sorry-again-for-like-the-millionth-time-if-there-s-anything/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“I'm not sure why anyone on the face of the planet would want to use a bow and arrow. I mean, it seems like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/i-m-not-sure-why-anyone-on-the-face-of-the-planet-would-want-to-use-a/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“Don't worry. We do not have to talk about. We are Russian. We do not talk about feelings all the time and no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/don-t-worry-we-do-not-have-to-talk-about-we-are-russian-we-do-not/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“There were babies, and toddlers, and five-year-old boys in Batman shirts. There was even a little girl dressed as Elsa. For no reason. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/there-were-babies-and-toddlers-and-five-year-old-boys-in-batman/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“I look out past the corn and the wheat and wonder how many sets of bones are buried, unspoken, keeping their stories to themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/i-look-out-past-the-corn-and-the-wheat-and-wonder-how-many-sets-of/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“Second, I will venture to Café Treplev, which is a hidden, wooden, book-lined restaurant that looks more like someone's personal library I would like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/second-i-will-venture-to-caf-treplev-which-is-a-hidden-wooden-book/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“Okay, I have a follow-up question." Madden exhales. "Yes." "Is this car worth a lot in your human money?" "Paige, there's nothing around. Okay?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/okay-i-have-a-follow-up-question-madden-exhales-yes-is-this-car-worth/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“You know why you keep losing, 'cause, guess what, you're a fucking loser.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/you-know-why-you-keep-losing-cause-guess-what-you-re-a-fucking-loser/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

> [“But somewhere in America, between the freeways and the Food-4-Less, between the filling stations and the 5-o-'clock news, behind the blue blinking light coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-portes/but-somewhere-in-america-between-the-freeways-and-the-food-4-less/)

[Andrea Portes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-portes/)

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