"If she did see, I hoped she' be amazed. Amazed and thankful, because without even asking, she'd received a genuine autograph from a genuine girl from Atlanta. Not just any girl, but a girl who was, frankly, a pretty big deal. A girl who was me."

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Source : Lauren Myracle (2011). “Ten”, p.93, Penguin

Lauren Myracle

#Girl Quotes #Atlanta Quotes #Asking Quotes

“I have trouble with any kind of focus or concentrating, or getting anything done at all, really.”
“Finding a way to live the simple life is one of life's supreme complications.”
“Qualities like love and compassion are not just abstract virtues that are the property of saints and adepts. Anyone can develop these qualities in themselves by doing spiritual practices. As the Buddha said, Come and see.”
“If you can't do something willingly and joyfully, then don't do it.”
“Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.”
“Up at the crank of dawn.”
“Have convictions. Be friendly. Stick to your beliefs as they stick to theirs. Work as hard as they do.”
“Your god must once have stood at a dawn of infinite possibilities, and this is what he's made of it. You tell me that I want God's love? I don't. Perhaps I want forgiveness, but there's no-one to ask it of. And there's no going back, there's no setting things right, there's only the hope of nothingness.”

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