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“Sometimes it feels like I didn't even exist before that. Like you invented me.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
― People We Meet on Vacation
“It’s not your job to make me happy, okay? You can’t make anyone happy. I’m happy just because you exist, and that’s as much of my happiness as you have control over.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
― People We Meet on Vacation
“It hurts to want it all, so many things that can't coexist within the same life.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
― People We Meet on Vacation
“Watching you pretend to hate the nickname is the best part of my day.”
― The Hating Game
― The Hating Game
“Suddenly we’re not kids anymore, and it feels like it happened overnight, so fast I didn’t have time to notice, to let go of everything that used to matter so much, to see that the old wounds that once felt like gut-level lacerations have faded to small white scars, mixed in among the stretch marks and sunspots and little divots where time has grazed against my body.
I’ve put so much time and distance between myself and that lonely girl, and what does it matter? Here is a piece of my past, right in front of me, miles away from home. You can’t outrun yourself. Not your history, not your fears, not the parts of yourself you’re worried are wrong.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
I’ve put so much time and distance between myself and that lonely girl, and what does it matter? Here is a piece of my past, right in front of me, miles away from home. You can’t outrun yourself. Not your history, not your fears, not the parts of yourself you’re worried are wrong.”
― People We Meet on Vacation
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