Someone Like You

its reall bad

There are some things in this world you rely on, like a sure bet. And when they let you down, shifting from where you've carefully placed them, it shakes your faith, right where you stand.

You can't just plan a moment when things get back on track, just as you can't plan the moment you lose your way in the first place.

Macon: It’s true. And if that doesn’t work, use the Jedi Mind Trick. But only if you really have to.
Halley: The what?
Macon: The Jedi Mind Trick. He looked at me. Didn’t you ever see Star Wars?

As far as I was concerned, we'd come to a draw: I hadn't wanted to come, and she didn't want me to leave. We were even. But I knew my mother wouldn't see it that way. Lately, we didn't seem to see anything the same.

When I pictured myself, it was always like just an outline in a coloring book, with the inside not yet completed. All the standard features were there. but the colors, the zigzags and plaids, the bits and pieces that made up me, Halley, weren't yet in place. Scarlett's vibrant reds and golds helped some, but I was still waiting.