"But then I think about my sister and what a shell-less turtle she was and how she wanted me to be one too. C'mon, Lennie, she used to say to me at least ten times a day. C'mon Len. And that makes me feel better, like it's her life rather than her death that is now teaching me how to be, who to be."

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Source : Jandy Nelson (2010). “The Sky Is Everywhere”, p.97, Penguin

Jandy Nelson

#Teaching Quotes #Feel Better Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“My mom was a photographer and whenever they needed a baby for a modelling job, she'd stick me in front of the camera. That's how it started.”
“Love and honesty don't mix.”

Source : Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado”, p.22, Pan Macmillan
“You don't feel like a winner and then do; you do like a winner and then feel.”
“I think that ego-driven leaders will be a thing of the past because the masses are tired.”
“My goals were small. My goal was to become a big enough stand-up that I wouldn't have to do radio. I could sell out a club, which is like 300 seats. If I got big enough, I could sell before I got there, and I wouldn't have to get up at 6 in the morning to do radio. That was pretty much the dream. I had no idea I'd be playing Madison Square Garden or anything.”
“I simply wanted to state that during this little slice of history, this is what happened and these were the good sides of it, these were the more dangerous sides of it, and this was the result.”
“Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking.”
“My friend Taylor Swiftâ€™s new album, 1989.”

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