“Please tell me people who look like us can be loved.Please tell me people who look like us can be desired.Please tell me people who look like us can have happy endings.”
―
Olivia Dade,
Spoiler Alert
“If you truly love me in return, accept me as I am. If you can't accept me as I am, maybe you need to rethink your definition of love.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“But I'm not looking to be fixed. I want to be loved and liked and desired not because of my size, not despite my size, but because I'm ME” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Since approximately half the humans on this planet either have gotten or will get periods, I’ve always found that particular brand of squeamishness ridiculous.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Some scriptwriters believe death and misery and stagnation are more clever, more meaningful, and more authentic to reality than love and happiness and change. But life isn't all misery, and finding a path through hard, hard lives to joy is tough, clever, meaningful work.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Your lack of anger does not reliably indicate a lack of wrong done to you.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“Sometimes I want to burn down the fucking world for what it’s done to you.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“This is the best day of my fucking life!” he shouted. “Only! One! Bed! My second-favorite trope!” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“And since then, she’d spent decades giving away pieces of herself, because she didn’t matter. Not as much as everyone else.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“she loved shiny things, always had. But he wasn't a diamond. Just fool's gold.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Sometimes they blundered because their personal histories hadn’t taught them to be sensitive to certain issues. And sometimes they blundered because— Sometimes they blundered because they had trust issues. Major trust issues.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Somewhere in her late thirties, her supply of fucks had become extremely limited.” ― Olivia Dade, 40-Love
“The best thing the world offered an ugly little girl was indifference. Pity stung exactly as much as insults, if not more, so she tried to avoid either. She tried to avoid notice. Even as a child, she’d understood it was important to stay quiet. Unobtrusive. And above all, undemanding.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“I am the only fucking person in this car and on this planet who can decide what my career is worth, he'd raged, offended fury in every syllable, and it's not worth my fucking soul.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“Then she threw back her head and laughed. The joyful sound floated through the evening sky, rich and warm, bright as the smile transforming her features into near-beauty, and— And he couldn’t seem to look away. Fuck, he couldn’t seem to look away.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“She'd almost forgotten how it felt to squeeze into a space too cramped to contain her comfortably. She'd almost forgotten the specific pain of attempting to make herself as small as possible, contorting her arms and legs in a way that hurt her joints and made relaxation impossible. She'd almost forgotten the reality of her life.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“His home was filled with valuables, even if he currently felt worthless.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Love couldn't solve everything, but without love, there was nothing to solve.” ― Olivia Dade, 40-Love
“If you truly love me in return, accept me as I am. If you can't accept me as I am, maybe you need to rethink your definition of love.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“But I'm not looking to be fixed. I want to be loved and liked and desired not because of my size, not despite my size, but because I'm ME” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Since approximately half the humans on this planet either have gotten or will get periods, I’ve always found that particular brand of squeamishness ridiculous.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Some scriptwriters believe death and misery and stagnation are more clever, more meaningful, and more authentic to reality than love and happiness and change. But life isn't all misery, and finding a path through hard, hard lives to joy is tough, clever, meaningful work.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Your lack of anger does not reliably indicate a lack of wrong done to you.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“Sometimes I want to burn down the fucking world for what it’s done to you.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“This is the best day of my fucking life!” he shouted. “Only! One! Bed! My second-favorite trope!” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“And since then, she’d spent decades giving away pieces of herself, because she didn’t matter. Not as much as everyone else.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“she loved shiny things, always had. But he wasn't a diamond. Just fool's gold.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Sometimes they blundered because their personal histories hadn’t taught them to be sensitive to certain issues. And sometimes they blundered because— Sometimes they blundered because they had trust issues. Major trust issues.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Somewhere in her late thirties, her supply of fucks had become extremely limited.” ― Olivia Dade, 40-Love
“The best thing the world offered an ugly little girl was indifference. Pity stung exactly as much as insults, if not more, so she tried to avoid either. She tried to avoid notice. Even as a child, she’d understood it was important to stay quiet. Unobtrusive. And above all, undemanding.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“I am the only fucking person in this car and on this planet who can decide what my career is worth, he'd raged, offended fury in every syllable, and it's not worth my fucking soul.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“Then she threw back her head and laughed. The joyful sound floated through the evening sky, rich and warm, bright as the smile transforming her features into near-beauty, and— And he couldn’t seem to look away. Fuck, he couldn’t seem to look away.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“She'd almost forgotten how it felt to squeeze into a space too cramped to contain her comfortably. She'd almost forgotten the specific pain of attempting to make herself as small as possible, contorting her arms and legs in a way that hurt her joints and made relaxation impossible. She'd almost forgotten the reality of her life.” ― Olivia Dade, All the Feels
“His home was filled with valuables, even if he currently felt worthless.” ― Olivia Dade, Spoiler Alert
“Love couldn't solve everything, but without love, there was nothing to solve.” ― Olivia Dade, 40-Love
