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“We had played a kid's version of gang fighting called "Civil War," and then later we had got in on the real thing, we fought with chains and we fought barefisted and we fought Socs and we fought other grease gangs. It was a normal childhood.”
― That Was Then, This Is Now
― That Was Then, This Is Now
“I didn't think much about that statement then. But later I would-I still do. I think about it and think about it until I think I'm going crazy.”
― That Was Then, This Is Now
― That Was Then, This Is Now
“I really do like listening to stuff that's happened to other people. I guess that's why I like to read.”
― That Was Then, This Is Now
― That Was Then, This Is Now
“I wish I was a kid again, when I had all the answers.”
― That Was Then, This Is Now
― That Was Then, This Is Now
“I guess I just couldn't see standing there -- alive, talking, thinking, breathing, being -- one second, and dead the next. It really bothered me. Death by violence isn't the same as dying any other way, accident or disease or old age. It just ain't the same.”
― That Was Then, This Is Now
― That Was Then, This Is Now
Ellie’s 2025 Year in Books
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