Happier things to think on that people have said.

I'll get the bad one out of my system first:

"You need to put more graft in, like your sister"

Said by my psychology teacher to my brother. Now, this may seem good- I put graft in. But really, my brother is charismatic. He'll get by on his own merit, he doesn't need to put graft in, and he's bright anyway. I, on the other hand, put graft in and got nowhere, and I'm not the brightest or the best, so why bother? What are good intentions when they come to naught.

Better things,

"You look so cool"

By her. Remembering that she thinks this makes my heart swell. Maybe she doesn't anymore, but she did once. She used to say it every time we met.

"A man said we were sisters because we've got the same eyes"

Said by a girl working at a bar with me with beautiful eyes, lots of eye makeup and mascara. She was kind and nice. The best thing was, I wasn't wearing any eye makeup- and she was really pretty, so it was good to have someone say that. We both had blue eyes and red hair.

"God, I thought you were a boy"

Said by a punter at the same bar. I find this flattering because of what it insinuates. Because of my sharp jawline, cheekbones, the fact I've got hardly any chest therefore can't be thought of as fat, because he said this after I'd moved, thus my movements must be feminine? I like to think I've got an androgynous physique.

"You should act. You're good"

Said by him, and by a director I esteemed. I assume the director was being nice. Maybe not. I never could quite come out of my shell with him. But these are the only two people that have ever encouraged me to follow what I want. Everyone else takes my passion for acting as a marker of dissatisfaction or not knowing what I want to do so throwing myself after this one thing. I find that vaguely insulting, like I'm a small child that doesn't know what I want. So it's good to be told by some people that it's not stupid.