Gwendolyn Heasley Quotes

#1. Just because you're from a small town doesn't mean that you're small. Don't ever think anyone's more important than you are or has more valid experiences.

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#2. I thought it was who I was with or where I was that defined me in some way. I realize now that I decide who I am, no matter the company I keep or the place I am.

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#3. Twenty-first-century technology takes the fate out of life.

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#4. Just so you know," Bubby says before returning to his seat, "if I had been there, I would have carried you to the hospital on my back.

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#5. I guess you understand what I mean, Kitsy.
It's okay to just be your best self though. Change doesn't always mean growth.

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#6. Always be willing to love again. Loving once is easy. Loving twice is harder, but love anytime is always worth it.

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#7. People aren't pianos. You don't hit a certain note and know what you're going to get.

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#8. I don't know where this story ends, Bubby, and that's okay.

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#9. Just a card in my deck of dreams.

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#10. The best dreams are the ones we have as children because they're most pure.

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#11. Maybe not all goodbyes are the end - and that's what makes them good.

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#12. I think it's practical to follow your dreams since that's what will make you happy. Isn't it actually impractical to do something we don't like? That'd be setting ourselves up for failure.

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#13. Keep following your dreams even if you get off course.

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#14. I wonder whoever put the word good with bye. It's stupid. There's nothing good about them.

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#15. Sixth-grade sweethearts. Wow. New Yorkers only commit to that type of monogamy with the Yankees or Giants

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#16. And speaking of hotties, I have to go," I finish and turn to finish my walk toward Bubby.

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#17. Happily ever after is not a place: It's a state of being, and you have to work at it every day.

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#18. Vulnerability is a pretty scary thing. You can feel naked in a lot of different ways.

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#19. Yeah, phones are annoying. People expect you to be in constant contact even when you're trying to get away. It's like everywhere you are, you aren't just there; you have to be somewhere else electronically as well.

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#20. But really, all memories are like paintings: They can be incredibly vivid and lifelike. But in the end, they both just remind us that we only get to live any particular moment once, even if we remember it forever.

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#21. Talking with Sweetbread, I wonder if that's what love is: the ability to go away and to come back again as if nothing has changed, even though everything has changed.

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#22. Watch out for men who love something more than themselves or you. Their passion can be your prison.

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#23. Bubby gently grabs me around the waist and pulls me to the ground.
"Touchdown," he whispers.

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#24. The thing about good girls is that just because they are good, it doesn't mean they don't ever consider being bad.

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#25. Sometimes, we forget to reflect back on all the great times we had by just ourselves. You can be your own best friend, you know.

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