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“I think about how they say when most people get into car accidents, it's less than one mile from their home. Maybe that's because everything's so familiar, you stop paying attention. You don't notice the one thing that's different or wrong or off or dangerous. And I think about how maybe that's what just happened to me. (page 10)”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
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“All you have to do is act like you’re normal and okay, and people start treating you that way.”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
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“I think you love the person you knew back then, the person you believe I can become again one day. But that’s not the same as loving me the way I am now.”
― The Way I Am Now
― The Way I Am Now
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“If the ending is this painful, I don’t know if this was worth it all.”
― You've Reached Sam
― You've Reached Sam
“I don't know who I am right now. But I know who I'm not. And I like that.”
― The Way I Used to Be
― The Way I Used to Be
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