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“Sometimes it seems all I have are questions, that I will ask the same ones all my life. I'm not sure if I even want any answers, don't think I'd have a use for them, but I do know I'd give anything to be another person—anyone else—for even just a day, an hour. There's something about that distance I'd do anything to cross.”
― Catherine Lacey, The Answers

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“It is important to remember that emotional pain comes in waves. Remind yourself that there will be a pause in between waves.”
― jenny offill, Weather

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“The floor seemed wonderfully solid. It was comforting to know I had fallen and could fall no farther.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar

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“Sometimes it seems all I have are questions, that I will ask the same ones all my life. I'm not sure if I even want any answers, don't think I'd have a use for them, but I do know I'd give anything to be another person - anyone else - for even just a day, an hour. There's something about that distance I'd do anything to cross.”
― Catherine Lacey, The Answers

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