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also I felt like happy place was kind of empowering? like it's ok if you realize you don't want to do something. it's ok if you need to quit or give up. that's not bad thing. I don't know I felt like all of those reviewers completely missed the point of the book. I am a girl and I did not think the message was to leave your high paying job for man. ughhh it just frustrates me

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I just reread Happy Place.

As with all of her books, I think Emily Henry does an excellent job of writing an unreliable narrator who comes to realize how some of their actions may have accidentally negatively affected those around them.

Man, this book… I relate to the main character in many ways.. which, I mean, I also experience with all of her books, but still.

Something that’s on my mind that takes place in this book (spoiler warning!) is that the main character spends so much conscious energy trying to avoid conflict in her most important relationships that she accidentally comes across as uncaring or uninvested, like she doesn’t care enough to fight for the relationship. I became a little worried when I read this, that I have done something very similar in my own life.

When you grow up in a house with yelling (the bad kind, the kind that isn’t really repaired after conflict) I’m sure it’s not uncommon to develop habits to avoid such a thing. At least that’s what I’ve experienced. (It’s so nice to live in a home where there is no yelling, even if there’s an argument. I know it’s possible to have calm arguments/discussions now, because I’ve experienced it.)

Another note. I love Harriet as a main character. This book also made me realize, I don’t think I really have a “happy place” that I go to or envision in my mind like some people do. I’ve lived in so many places and my opinions of those places have changed enough over time that I don’t think I’d ever want to “go back.” I wonder if anyone else feels this way. In a way, it makes me sad. I want to have a happy place. I guess I’ll make one.

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that one scene in a book when character A's friend knows something is wrong and they don't even ask and just be there silently or squeezing character A's hand to let them know they're there for them.

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I read somewhere that if you feel negative emotions looking at someone else living your dream life, the universe will think you don't want it. So try to be happy for them. No matter how painful it is.

— Shristi G.

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Envy is justifiable. But remember, you WILL get what you want so why feel miserable rn

— Shristi G.

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bookish propaganda i am falling for.

1. slowburn + fake dating

2. a book series about a bunch of friends with everyone getting a book = found family.

3. golden retriever mmcs.

4. fantasy with maps.

5. playlists in a book>>>

6. dual povs.

7. cliché stories will never get old.

8. letters in books>>>

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bookish propaganda im not falling for.

1. dog-earing a book is a crime.

2. "you need to read classics to be a real reader"

3. "it's just a book"

4. "romance books are only about smut"

5. hating on strong fmcs but simping for (actual) killer mmcs.

6. insta-love with no character development.

7. miscommunication but it's literally childish.

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"I'm on your team," he added huskily. "Do you get that? I'm totally with you, Shannon Lynch. One call, that's all you need to make, and I'll come. I won't let you down, and I won't leave you alone in this. I promise."

"It's just weird for me because I've never had someone in my corner before." Shivering, I added, "Not someone like you."

"I'm not in your corner, Shannon," Johnny replied in a gruff tone. "I'm standing right beside you."

Oh god.

His words hit me deep.

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maybe in another lifetime, me and my bestfriends are pastries and cakes and croissants and cookies, next to each other in a bakery and not 928292911 kms away from each other.

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Sometimes the people you love don’t leave you with goodbyes—they just leave.

— Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

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I look at the sky… and my mind keeps poisoning itself uselessly.

— Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

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morana vitalio when tristan caine (i wanna be her so bad)

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Tristan everytime he looks at Morana: I need to kill her *hearteyes*

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okay... hear me out—

the angels up in the clouds jealous, knowin' we found—somethin' so out of the ordinary—you got me kissin' the ground of your sanctuary

THIS IS TORY AND DARIOUS CODED. LITERALLY.

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we can't change the world, and a lot of the time we can't even change people. no more than one bit at a time. so we do what we can to help whenever we get the chance, sweetheart. we save those we can. we do our best. then we try to find a way to convince ourselves that that will just have to... be enough. so we can live with our failures without drowning.

— fredrick backman, anxious people

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everytime the mmc says, “Touch my wife again, and I’ll break every bone in your goddamn body.” my insides flip, melt and yearn for that.

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once the frog said she'd heard an adult on the bus say ‘love hurts’, and the monkey replied that maybe that's why hearts end up jagged when you try to draw them.

— Fredrick Backman, Anxious People