Blake Nelson Quotes

#1. Guys are like buses [...] Why get on the first one you see, when there's another one coming right after? Or something like that. Or maybe it's the opposite. I heard that on Oprah.

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#2. No matter what I do now, there are certain doors I have already closed, certain opportunities I'll never get back. There's nothing to be done, I guess. It is what it is.

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#3. You need other people, Madeline. There's a great freedom in knowing that. And accepting that. And letting people in. Letting them help you.

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#4. I said I looked like a dork and she said that was true, but there was something classic about my dorkiness. I was so open and my awkwardness and embarrassment were so clear and understandable. I was extremely watchable.

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#5. This is the typical fallacy on which all of CONSUMER AMERICA is based. Some piece of useless crap will make people like you.

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#6. Life is ridiculous. It's not our fault.

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#7. If I had to describe Trish, I would say: "high school parking lot." She smokes. She wears too much makeup. She probably gives great hand jobs.

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#8. I stood there, watching her. The whole world was a dream, I realized. Everyone was acting in a bad soap opera. The whole world was one big FOX TV show.

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#9. It's so weird being straight. You have no defenses. Shit happens and you have to feel it. You have no choice.

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#10. It's like we've entered a separate reality. Like now it's just the two of us, nothing else matters, no one exists.

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#11. But I think Cybil was my biggest fan. She cut out my articles and hung them in her locker and we were always cracking up how if you wrote the simplest, most obvious thing in the world people thought you were a genius.

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#12. It was weird because my first couple stories had been so easy. Now it was like, the more you did it, the harder it became. But in another way, it was addicting. It was like gambling, every time you'd start another one you'd think this time I'm going to get it right ...

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#13. Normal people never like me.

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#14. I like if you're reading something, and they're saying something you always thought, but they're putting it in the exact right way

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#15. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, it turns out. Who knew?

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#16. All the girls stared at me with hatred in their eyes. It was a big drama that had to be acted out. But deep down, nobody really cared. The other girls didn't care about Jennifer. Jennifer didn't care about me. I didn't care about anything.
Everyone was so full of crap.

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#17. And then I feel something else. Something that's totally new. I feel the tiniest sensation of hope. Maybe my life isn't over. Maybe my life has just begun.

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#18. I denounce the do-gooders, the feel-gooders, the "activist clubs," and anyone else who makes people feel like the problem is being taken care of. Trust me. The problem is not being taken care of.

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#19. Those people who look so together. They're as insecure as anyone. Maybe more so. You're as smart as any of them.

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#20. But I let myself love him anyway. I let myself love him with all my heart. I give myself that. I tell myself I deserve it.

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#21. She had no place on this earth. There was no place where she was comfortable, no place she could relax, no place where she felt safe.

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