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It always seems strange to me how little people notice about each other’s lives.
Abigail Tarttelin -
Sometimes things aren't what you think they are, and even when things seem really bad, it can work out.
Abigail Tarttelin
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It is obvious, by the sounds of the dizzy, hysterical laughter that you start to exhale when you’re an adult and you have very few friends and only rarely have fun, that they are caught in a bubble of their own awesomeness and won’t be leaving the living room any time soon.
Abigail Tarttelin -
Someone dehumanises you by violating your child and every human thought you had for them is broken, undermined, then gone.
Abigail Tarttelin -
A lot of people characterize women as more cautious. I don't think that's an inappropriate characterization, but that's not a natural thing we're born with, it's something that comes about.
Abigail Tarttelin -
I have heard it said that children are getting older. I think adults are getting younger.
Abigail Tarttelin -
Settling for not-so-bad sounds okay. But, you know, it's hard when you tried so much to make life really good.
Abigail Tarttelin -
In the end, how is anyone any different from a 'normal' person? If you love someone, you love them. It doesn't matter where they came from or if they're a boy or a girl, or if you fight, or if they're weird, or if they find it difficult to communicate with you; you just fucking love them.
Abigail Tarttelin
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It takes strength to be proud of yourself and to accept yourself when you know that you have something out of the ordinary about you.
Abigail Tarttelin -
The thing is, sometimes you have to be brave and say who you are and how you feel. Even if you don’t know how you’re going to do it. You just have to take a deep breath, and decide to start.
Abigail Tarttelin