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“A town always looked different once you'd returned, like a house where all the furniture had shifted three inches. You wouldn't mistake it for a stranger's house but you'd keeping banging your shins on the table corners.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“It's not stuff you leave with. It's love.”
― Love
― Love
“People thought that being one of a kind made you special. No, it just made you lonely. What was special was belonging with someone else.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
“Stars shine long after they've flamed out and the shine they shine with is love.”
― Love
― Love
“She hadn't realized how long it takes to become somebody else, or how lonely it can be living in a world not meant for you.”
― The Vanishing Half
― The Vanishing Half
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