“A friend had said to me once, “Whenever I don’t know what to do, I watch what I am doing.” And what I was doing that year was leaving, even though I had not yet left.”
― Oh William!
― Oh William!
“People are lonely, is my point here. Many people can’t say to those they know well what it is they feel they might want to say.”
― Oh William!
― Oh William!
“Is he going to be okay?” I said he would most certainly be okay. I emphasized this, because I did not know myself—except what choice did he have, what choice do most of us have, except to be okay?”
― Oh William!
― Oh William!
“To be a teenager, it takes very little to think that someone else might actually know who you are, even as you spend all your time thinking that no one understands you. It's such a lovely feeling.”
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
― Now Is Not the Time to Panic
“This is the way of life: the many things we do not know until it is too late.”
― Oh William!
― Oh William!
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