The Honeys
Ryan La Sala
Top 10 Best Quotes
“I realize this fits into the way I've always seen myself, which is: art, attempted, though often spoiled by the demands of another's taste.”
“It is up to you to demand people see you as you, or they will almost always decide you are someone else.”
“I will be a ruin to consume.”
“Contentedness is a party I leave early ever time. It's not often that I feel invited to begin with, and even rarer that I feel welcomed enough to stay. I've learned to never test any group's hospitality. Patience like that is finite for someone like me, and it's dangerous to indulge in it.”
“I leave the lip gloss on. Bright things in nature are often poisonous. Let that be my defense, then. Let Aspen watch, and predators prowl, and all the waiting jaws yawn wider. I will be a ruin to consume.”
“Death isn’t the end of a life, but the division of it. When someone dies, their soul scatters into all the things they’ve ever given away. Love. Bruises. Gifts. You struggle to piece together what’s left—even the things that hurt—just to feel haunted.”
“The way they talk about themselves—with such frankness—it feels like all people are wet clay, all the shapes that define us self-imposed. I realize this fits into the way I’ve always seen myself, which is: art, attempted, though often spoiled by the demands of another’s taste. It makes me wonder what shape I’d be if I’d never met another human being.”
“Contentedness is a party I leave early every time.”
“What is this? This is a maze I’ve failed once before, yet reentered willingly; I’m determined to reach the center of it this time. But what path do I take? Do I integrate, or do I defy? Whichever path, I can’t afford to be intimidated this early on.”
“We came as one and left as many. We came with nothing and left with everything.”
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Book Keywords:
self-confidence, mars, patience, life, defiance, rd16, contentedness, happiness, hospitality, identity, self-acceptance, belonging, feelings-and-emotions, self-perception
