“Wildflower: Don't let people walk all over you, Buttercup. It's your life. If you want something, you need to get out there and grab it by the horns because no one is going to give you what you want on a plate. Good girls always come second.”

—  Cecelia Ahern, book Love, Rosie

Source: Where Rainbows End

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