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Happy Hour

Marlowe Granados

Top 10 Best Quotes

“He said, 'What do you want?' All I could think of was peeling the skin of a Valencia orange in bed on a bright morning with someone pulling me into the covers because they want to spend two or three minutes nestling before starting their day. So I said, 'Not much.”

“The less time spent in public, the safer girls feel. That’s not incidental; the world was built that way.”

“Summer solstice came and went, and in a way, I find that sad because even though it is the longest day of the dear and marks the beginning of summer, from now on, the days grow shorter and shorter. It's true that some parties end before they even begin.”

“I was under the impression that I loved him, simply because I never knew what he was thinking.”

“If I were to describe a typical New York conversation it would be two people waiting for their turn to talk.”

“I realize now, the older you get, the harder it is to be impressed because people make you feel ashamed of ever being impressed by anything at all. I kept many glowing remarks to myself because of this.”

“Though we give the appearance of it, I wonder when we were last truly carefree. Were we ever? It's an odd, impalpable thing to always chase. I've felt it in small, delicious fragments, and usually when I'm dancing. The only way to achieve even the veneer of such freedom is to resist being pulled down by the weight of everything.”

“Seeing someone you used to love is like visiting a house you once lived in.”

“I feel as though becoming a woman is like a long tradition of going through things and coming out strong, but I am tired and weary!”

“It’s funny how in a place where everything is an experience, people see such little value in just living.”

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so-real, new-york-city, breakup

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