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“a guy who was sweet and funny and pure in a way I hadn’t encountered before. I wasn’t going to ruin my illusion of him by actually letting him in.”
― Lauren Danhof, It's Not a Cult

“I feel like I am in a constant state of coming out, and like I always will be. I have to come out every time I meet someone.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“Sometimes I wonder if I have really been the same person my whole life. I stare at the picture, and think: Is that really me? I have this bizarre feeling like I was a different person at every other stage of my life. I feel so removed from myself then. Sometimes I feel like I was a different person a month ago. A day. Five minutes. Now.”
― Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead

“Why wasn’t there a better way to verbalize empathy in moments like this? Some way to say that you were sorry that encompassed how your heart broke for someone and that you’d do anything you could to take their pain away.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out