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Category: Leila Sales

Don’t you ever want to have just one thing that no one else knows about, so no one can ruin it for you?

The thing about being an artist,” Dad said, folding his newspaper and setting it down on the table, “is that there are always going to be people who want to stop you from doing your art. But this usually says more about them and their issues than it does about you and your art. Trust me.

art, artist, issues

I have a theoryd that the first person you fall for creates a model for how you approach relationships going forward. Like, it frames how you’ll look at every person who you date after that.

People have to create some sort of art so they have something to think about other than their shitty lives.

art, creation, people, shitty-life

If you’re going to have the tortured soul of an artist, then you might as well create some art while you’re at it.

art, artist, create, peter, soul, writer

Why did you do this?” He was shaking. “Just tell me why.”I tried to muster up some of the righteous indignation that I’d felt on Friday night as I said, “You knocked over my gravestone!” But even to my ears the words sounded tinny and pathetic.Dan’s face was pale. “It was just a gravestone, Chelsea. And it was a mistake. I told you that already, and I meant it. I’ve never lied to you. My God, can’t you tell the difference between a gravestone and a person you love? Can’t you tel which one matters?”But if I had to point to the real problem in my life, it’s that I’ve never known the difference between a gravestone and a person I love. I have never known which is which until it’s too late. “All’s fair in love and war,” I reminded him, aiming for Tawny’s tone. But my voice came out sounding just like me.”Oh, yeah? And which is this?” he asked. “Love or war?

People are who they are and, try as you might, you cannot make them be what you want them to be.

change, people, who-you-are

You may wonder how I managed to make these friends. Well, I will tell you. Making friends is actually not that hard when you drop every single one of your standards.

friends, friendship, life, love, teenagers

This wasn’t how I imagined things going. But imagination is so often no match for the absurdity, the randomness, the tragedy of reality.

When you die, you just die. No ghost, no reincarnation, no heaven. People want to believe that their souls live on or whatever, but that’s only because they can’t handle the idea of the world going on without them.

love, past-perfect, romance

I think love without heartbreak is a myth. A pretty myth, but the kind of myth that ultimately makes us feel worse about ourselves because we’re somehow not able to make it come true.

love, past-perfect, romance

If there’s one common thread throughout all of history, it’s that people have always fallen for the wrong people.

love, past-perfect, romance