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I’ve highlighted so much already

“And me learning over time that ‘potential’ was in itself such an abstract term, tossed around recklessly, that more often than not it simply meant you didn’t live up to the idea somebody else had of you.”

“Sometimes I forget that in the bigger scheme of things, it’s okay to not be the best at everything”

“Nosy huddled close to me and I put my arm around him. Hidden there, our hearts soon eased down from their wild thumpings, and from calmness we passed into the deep dreamless sleep reserved for warm spring afternoons and puppies.”
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“You only lose what you cling to”

So lost

“I had the patience to sit it out for four hours at a time next to these people, listening to them, feeling afraid and unable to discuss anything with them. I grew dumb, and on quite a few occasions I went into a profound sweat, paralysis hovering over me; but it was useful and good for me. Returning home I used to put aside,for a time,my desire to embrace the whole of mankind.”