Lauren Barnholdt Quotes

• The thing about me and books is that whichever one I’m reading always reminds me of whatever’s happening in my life during that time.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Book, Reading, Happenings

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• When people start liking people, that’s when someone has the ability to get hurt.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Hurt, People, Ability

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• You have to give respect to get respect.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Giving

  Lauren Barnholdt (2013). “The Thing About the Truth”, p.125, Simon and Schuster

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• The thing about loving someone, is that yelling at them only feels good while you're doing it -- as soon as they're gone, all you want to do is take it all back

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Yelling, Loving Someone, Feel Good

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• Not for the first time, I wonder what it would feel like that, to be so beautiful that you don't even realize people are watching you, to be so confident that you don't even have to worry about being nervous or feeling self-conscious. I've spent what seems like my whole life trying to pretend I'm that way. What would it be like to have it just come naturally?

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Beautiful, Self, Worry

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• No matter how much you tell yourself your over someone, your heart knows the truth

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Heart, Matter, Knows

  Lauren Barnholdt (2007). “Two-way Street”, p.14, Simon and Schuster

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• The information age is so psychotic - without the cell phone and Internet, I would be drama free right now.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Drama, Cells, Phones

  Lauren Barnholdt (2007). “Two-way Street”, p.197, Simon and Schuster

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• Parents don't get that, though. They don't understand about the fragility of teen friendships. They don't understand how easy it is for things to break apart, how someone you thought would be by your side forever can just disappear, or turn on you, or decide she likes someone more than she likes you. Parents always talk about romantic relationships being so ephemeral and fleeting in high school. What they don't get is that friendships can be the same way.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  School, Your Side, Parent

  Lauren Barnholdt (2013). “The Thing About the Truth”, p.89, Simon and Schuster

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• Because sometimes when someone is telling you something really important, it’s best to just let there be silence, to really think about what they’re saying. A lot of times people think they have to say something all insightful or wise or something to try and make the person feel better. But really, sometimes silence is best.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Wise, Feel Better, Thinking

  Lauren Barnholdt (2013). “The Thing About the Truth”, p.205, Simon and Schuster

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• My eyes are a little blood shot from crying, and my hair's messy. But other than that i don't look like someone who's world is falling apart.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Fall, Eye, Hair

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• Sizeism = like racism, only against people who aren't a size two or four.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Two, Racism, People

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• POSSIBLE OPENERS AFTER YOU'VE GOTTEN DRUNK AND SLEPT IN YOUR GUY ROOMMATE'S BED (A LIST):1. Hey, Drew, thanks for letting me sleep in your bed. I hope I didn't puke all over your sheets.2. What do you mean? I slept in your bed? Really? I don't remember any of it, I was so wasted.3. Thanks for not trying to molest me.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Mean, Sleep, Drunk

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• I prefer to subscribe to that whole, “everything happens for a reason” theory, mostly because the alternative is too disturbing to think about.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Thinking, Everything Happens For A Reason, Alternatives

  Lauren Barnholdt (2011). “Watch Me”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't bring a duffel bag that says 'I Heart Cheese' on it, that's just offensive.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Heart, Bags, Cheese

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• Something passes between us that I'm pretty sure both of us can feel, even though neither one of us says anything. It's not even any kind of attraction, even though I've been feeling that on and off all night. This is something different.We have a secret now. A secret from Ava.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Night, Feelings, Secret

  Lauren Barnholdt (2012). “Sometimes It Happens”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm guessing I'm your fake girlfriend? B. J. Asks, sighing. It's a miracle that he figured it out. He's not usually the best with things that aren't spelled out for him. Of course, sweetie, I say. I try not to think about the fact that I'm talking to B. J. Like we're in love. B. J. Is six-foot-four and 220 pounds. Not someone you want to think about being intimate with.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Girlfriend, Thinking, Talking

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• Sometimes people do things that are complicated. For complicated reasons.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  People, Sometimes, Complicated

  Lauren Barnholdt (2011). “Sometimes It Happens”, p.242, Simon and Schuster

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• You should never start thinking about 'what might have been,' and you should also never start thinking about another boy when you're heartbroken over someone else.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Heartbroken, Boys, Thinking

  Lauren Barnholdt (2007). “Two-way Street”, p.42, Simon and Schuster

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• The first day of school is bullshit

  Lauren Barnholdt

  School, Bullshit, First Day Of School

  Lauren Barnholdt (2012). “Sometimes It Happens”, p.289, Simon and Schuster

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• Fresh, fun and oh-so-romantic, WILD HEARTS had me galloping through the pages. I absolutely loved it.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Fun, Heart, Pages

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• Manipulating situations is one thing, but lying is another. My theory (especially with girls) is that if you don't lie, you can't be held responsible for anything bad that goes down.

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Girl, Lying, Don't Lie

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• Usually the hard stuff you’re forced to do makes you learn a lot.

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  Stuff, Hard

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• People come and go, in and out of each other’s lives like it’s nothing. So I don’t know how/why this should be a big deal.

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  People, Should, Bigs

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• I just have a hard time with small talk. My friend Jocelyn says I'm too quiet, but I'm really not quiet. I just tend to come across that way to new people because I don't like to talk first. What if the other person doesn't want to be bothered?

  Lauren Barnholdt

  Hard Times, People, What If

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