“For as long as I could remember, I had been apologizing for existing, for trying to be who I was, to live the life I was meant to lead.”
―
Meredith Russo,
If I Was Your Girl
“You can have anything,” she said, “once you admit you deserve it.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I know it hurts. I know it hurts so bad you can barely breathe sometimes. I know because I’ve been there. Please don’t leave us. I promise life can be good, and we need you too much.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I wasn’t sorry I existed any more. I deserved to live. I deserved to find love. I knew now – I believed, now – that I deserved to be loved.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I’m not brave,” I said, smiling despite myself. “Bravery implies I had a choice. I’m just me, you know?” I” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Just because you have a past doesn't mean you can't have a future.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I have a past, okay? And you really don't want to get involved with it.''Everybody's got a past,' he said. 'That doesn't mean you can't have a future.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Hell, even the straight people have enough skeletons in their closet to fill a tomb. Everybody’s too afraid of going to hell or getting made fun of to be honest about what they want and who they are, so they can’t even really admit what they want to themselves.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“You tried to kill yourself,” she said, rolling her eyes up to heaven and biting her knuckle. “Andrew Hardy was gonna die one way or the other, and one of the choices gave me a daughter in exchange while the other left me with no one.” “I” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Maybe that's what life is about: surviving what you can't control and clinging to the good things the winds whip up.” ― Meredith Russo, Birthday
“Being a girl in this world means being afraid. That fear'll keep you safe. It'll keep you alive.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“There are enough people waiting to crap in your cereal without you doing it for them.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I’ve seen trans people in movies and TV shows, but judging by how unrealistic and shitty bi characters tend to be, I’m gonna assume I know nothing. So what’s okay for me to ask?” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“You can have anything once you admit you deserve it.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“God wanted me to live, and this was the only way I knew how to survive, so this was what God wanted.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I wondered when I’d reach the end of things I didn’t know. *” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Just 'cause I'm bi doesn't mean I have magic powers. I'm not the plucky queer sidekick in your romantic comedy.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Maybe secrets were part of life; maybe everyone had something they were lying to themselves about, or something they were hiding.I looked up at the cross again and wondered if I was supposed to hear this particular sermon at this particular moment for a reason. I decided that the people who had said God didn’t love me, who said I didn’t have a place on Earth—they were wrong. God wanted me to live, and this was the only way I knew how to survive, so this was what God wanted. This was what I wanted. I had chosen to live, and it seemed like, finally, I was doing just that.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I wondered if joy could ever be felt by itself without being tainted with fear and confusion, or if some level of misery was a universal constant, like the speed of light.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“You can have anything,” she said, “once you admit you deserve it.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I know it hurts. I know it hurts so bad you can barely breathe sometimes. I know because I’ve been there. Please don’t leave us. I promise life can be good, and we need you too much.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I wasn’t sorry I existed any more. I deserved to live. I deserved to find love. I knew now – I believed, now – that I deserved to be loved.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I’m not brave,” I said, smiling despite myself. “Bravery implies I had a choice. I’m just me, you know?” I” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Just because you have a past doesn't mean you can't have a future.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I have a past, okay? And you really don't want to get involved with it.''Everybody's got a past,' he said. 'That doesn't mean you can't have a future.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Hell, even the straight people have enough skeletons in their closet to fill a tomb. Everybody’s too afraid of going to hell or getting made fun of to be honest about what they want and who they are, so they can’t even really admit what they want to themselves.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“You tried to kill yourself,” she said, rolling her eyes up to heaven and biting her knuckle. “Andrew Hardy was gonna die one way or the other, and one of the choices gave me a daughter in exchange while the other left me with no one.” “I” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Maybe that's what life is about: surviving what you can't control and clinging to the good things the winds whip up.” ― Meredith Russo, Birthday
“Being a girl in this world means being afraid. That fear'll keep you safe. It'll keep you alive.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“There are enough people waiting to crap in your cereal without you doing it for them.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I’ve seen trans people in movies and TV shows, but judging by how unrealistic and shitty bi characters tend to be, I’m gonna assume I know nothing. So what’s okay for me to ask?” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“You can have anything once you admit you deserve it.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“God wanted me to live, and this was the only way I knew how to survive, so this was what God wanted.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I wondered when I’d reach the end of things I didn’t know. *” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Just 'cause I'm bi doesn't mean I have magic powers. I'm not the plucky queer sidekick in your romantic comedy.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“Maybe secrets were part of life; maybe everyone had something they were lying to themselves about, or something they were hiding.I looked up at the cross again and wondered if I was supposed to hear this particular sermon at this particular moment for a reason. I decided that the people who had said God didn’t love me, who said I didn’t have a place on Earth—they were wrong. God wanted me to live, and this was the only way I knew how to survive, so this was what God wanted. This was what I wanted. I had chosen to live, and it seemed like, finally, I was doing just that.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
“I wondered if joy could ever be felt by itself without being tainted with fear and confusion, or if some level of misery was a universal constant, like the speed of light.” ― Meredith Russo, If I Was Your Girl
