“ 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. Leila Sales
“ It was a ridiculous question. Did I _love_ Char? Did I feel about Char the same way I feel about the Beatles, string instruments in pop songs, the way Little Anthony sang high notes, the way Jerry Lee… Leila Sales
“ Char had a phone number. He had a home. He probably had a job or a college and a last name and parents and all of that, too. He didn’t just spring into existence late on Thursday night and then blink… Leila Sales
“ In Bio last year, I learned that blood is actually a dark maroon when it's inside your body. It's the exposure to oxygen that turns it bright red. And there must have been a lot of oxygen in my bathro… Leila Sales
“ But you know better than anyone how the Internet sees everything and nothing, all at the same time. Leila Sales
“ There were people in this world who didn't know how to take care of others. There were people who walked away even when they'd made a promise to stand by you. There were people who threw around the wo… Leila Sales
“ This should have been a red flag, I realize in retrospect. Working really hard on anything is, by definition, not cool. Leila Sales
“ I liked projects where I could take things apart and figure out exactly how they worked. The problem is, you can't do that with people. 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? Leila Sales
“ 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 usua… Leila Sales
“ 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. Leila Sales
“ People have to create some sort of art so they have something to think about other than their shitty lives. Leila Sales
“ Because before the time when you're heartbroken, you get to be in love, and that's worth it. Leila Sales
“ Well, you can't have heartbreak without love," Dan pointed out. "If your heart was really broken, then at least you know you really loved him. Leila Sales
“ Throughout it all, you are still, always, you: beautiful and bruised, known and unknowable. Leila Sales
“ I had never killed myself before, so I had no idea what would I want to listen to when it was too late for me to skip to the next song. Like, maybe when you're dying, you actually want to hear somethi… Leila Sales
“ Throughout it all, you are still, always, you: beautiful and bruised, known and unknowable. And isn't that - just you - enough? Leila Sales
“ You think it's so easy to change yourself. You think it's so easy, but it's not True, things don't stay the same forever: couches are replaced, boys leave, you discover a song, your body becomes forev… Leila Sales
