Emery Lord

“There comes a time when you just have to put on some mascara and pull yourself together.”

— Emery Lord

“I can't surround myself with people who are hiding their pain beneath swagger and a grin.”

— Emery Lord

“And just like that, we're on our way to everywhere”

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“I'm not sure why I feel lonely instead of just alone.”

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“I struggle to maintain a facade of only mild interest him.”

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“I believe in people. In their resilience, in their goodness.”

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“I'm not sure if this is true. I just want it to be so badly.”

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“When does it stop-the longing to be mothered?”

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“I swear his looks are pure Darwinism. If he wasn't so cute, someone would have killed him for being annoying by now.”

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“Laughter feels like our flotation device -- it won't pull us out of the storm, but it might carry us through, if…

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“I don’t remember that.” He shook his head. “Of course you don’t. You were in another world, completely occupied with whatever you…

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“His eyes are somewhere between gray and blue, and his hair is somewhere between brown and blond, and I am somewhere between…

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“God," he mutters. "Most girls love it when I write them a song." "Well, I'm not most girls," I snap at him”

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“I think it's the bravest thing in the world - to run straight at love, even knowing how badly you could get…

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“Seattle. It rains there a lot." Well, this is going great. Conversationalist of the Year. I'll just continue to recite basic facts…

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“I want to reach back into my history with a grade-school pink eraser, scrubbing away my decisions like mistakes on a math…

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“I vaguely remember a story about a woman who looked back while fleeing a broken city. She turned into a pillar of…

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“It takes a long time to learn someone. It takes a long time to see a person as a whole spectrum, from…

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“And I say a final last prayer, this one in gratitude that there are people in the world who will protect kids…

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“Because I've recently learned, in a very painful way, that life is short. And I don't want to waste my time with…

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“It's an understandable impulse, to be on the floor when everything is falling apart, like you just want to feel the solid…

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“Dee's natural colouring looks like an American landscape - country-sky-blue eyes and hair the colour of Tennessee wheat fields, golden strands with…

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“So, how'd you know about this place?" "One of my buddies is from Baltimore area - I texted him." "Saying what? 'Hey…

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“This is the currency of friendship, traded over years and miles, and I hope it's an even exchange someday. For now, I…

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“If we could capture feelings like we capture pictures, none of us would ever leave our rooms. It would be so tempting…

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“Sometimes I think everyone should be handed a manual for this stuff when they turn fourteen. That seems like a good age.…

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“And one more thing. You can call them cute little songs, but that doesn't mean they're not honest. Those cute little songs…

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“And that's why I don't get to cry, I guess. Because they do. Because we're older but we're not the grown-ups who…

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“I see it all through the lens of my camera—the flurry of movement, the venue staff in black T-shirts, giving orders into…

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“We stare down at the festival below us. I can hear the low pulse of a local band playing cover songs, the…

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“Strawberry milk,” I say, eyeing him as we head toward the counter. “Really.” He turns to me. “Do you have something to…

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“He's only nineteen, and I hope he doesn't see me as too young for him. That would ruin my plans to flirt…

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“Straining to hear, I can make out something acoustic. Coming from...the backyard? I glance down from my bedroom window and feel my…

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“It's been the longest time Since I've been in this place, Where I spend my whole day Hoping I'll see your face.…

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“Girl, you're as hot as your temper, And you won't let me through. But I think you would be good for me.…

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“Like a wounded soldier Trudging the old road home, But I ain’t the old me, And I walk this path alone. I’m…

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“Whose empire did you just overthrow?" My own.”

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“You can be okay again. Just a different kind of okay than before.”

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“I wasn't even looking for him, so why do I feel found?”

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“I'm a taped-together girl, but I can carry my own baggage.”

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