Arlaina Tibensky Quotes

#1. I didn't know that you could love and hate your parents totally separately and equally. But you can. And I do.

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#2. Every time I read a book, especially one that grabs my gus, there is another translucent layer added to what makes me, me.

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#3. This is the thing about great literature. It reads like truth and sticks to you forever and lets you know that you are not alone.

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#4. Because being a smart-ass is always preferable to being a dumb-ass.

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#5. Suffocation is a cruel way to go.

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#6. Existing is not quite enough. Passionate living is the best revenge.

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#7. Her entire existence is trying to figure out what her life is supposed to be while her heart breaks a little bit everyday over the tragedy of being alive.

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#8. Computers are quiet and clean and totally distracting because the Internet is there, lying in wait for a moment of weakness to pounce on your creativity and progress.

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#9. Karina, life can overwhelm you. The trick is to put your head down and just get on with it.

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#10. Getting all emotionally wrapped up in made-up people's lives gives me a chance to take a break from my own life [ ... ].

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#11. Sylvia Plath is there for me when actual living people upon who I have depended upon my whole life, are not. What I mean to say is, without her words, I'd be exponentially more messed up than I am already.

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#12. Reading makes me feel like I've lived a thousand lives in addition to my own.

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#13. Books and movies, they are not mere entertainment. They sustain me and help me cope with my real life.

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#14. What is family anyway but people who are always supposed to be there for you? Family should be rock solid, the earth beneath your feet, wind beneath your wings, and all that.

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