“There was no black line separating Colorado from Utah. There was no black line between friendship and whatever might come next.”
― Goodbye Stranger
― Goodbye Stranger
“Let’s say everyone has nine thousand things about themselves,” Em had explained to Tab and Bridge in sixth grade, “and say two people fall in love because it seems like all their things match up. But what they don’t know is that only like a thousand of their things actually match up. My mom says most people who get married don’t even know those other eight thousand things about themselves yet. So it could happen to anyone.”
― Goodbye Stranger
― Goodbye Stranger
“I think that when you don’t know, you should just wait until you do.”
― Goodbye Stranger
― Goodbye Stranger
“Who's the real you? The person who did something awful, or the one who's horrified by the awful thing you did? Is one part of you allowed to forgive the other?”
― Goodbye Stranger
― Goodbye Stranger
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