"Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What would a mom do if she couldn't fuss over you and make you clean your room? And what would you do without her fussing and making you do it? Everyone needs a mom. And a mom knowns this. And it gives her a sense of purpose. You get it?"
"Just tell me how to be different in a way that makes sense."
"So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there. We can still do things. And we can try to feel okay about them."
"Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing"; - "We accept the love we think we deserve,"
"And I guess I realized at that moment that I really did love her. Because there was nothing to gain, and that didn't matter."
"We accept the love we think we deserve."