I didn't realize this was a sad occasion

What’s the best advice you could give to a college student? 

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“That’s when I finally got it. I finally understood. It wasn’t the thought that counted. It was the actual execution that mattered, the showing up for somebody. The intent behind it wasn’t enough. Not for me. Not anymore. It wasn’t enough to know that deep down he loved me. You had to actually say it to somebody, show them you cared. And he just didn’t. Not enough.”

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Jenny Han (It’s Not Summer Without You)

“Pulling through is what people do around here. There is a kind of bravery in their lives that isn’t bravery at all. It is automatic, unflinching, a mix of man and machine, consuming and unquestionable obligation meeting illness move for move in a giant even-steven game of chess – an unending round of something that looks like shadowboxing, though between love and death, which is the shadow?

“Everyone admires us for our courage,” says one man. “They have no idea what they’re talking about.”

“Courage requires options,” the man adds.

“There are options,” says a woman with a thick suede headband. “You could give up. You could fall apart.”

“No you can’t. Nobody does. I’ve never seen it,” says the man. “Well, not really fall apart.” 

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Lorrie Moore (Birds of America)

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“I felt the first man I slept with must be intelligent, so I could respect him.” 
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Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar)

“I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn’t do at all.” 
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Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar)

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This is your last chance, buddy.

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