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Home didn't always have to be a place.
Home could be a person too.

"I wondered what you would be like. Humans. What you would be capable of. How your minds would work. How your hearts would beat. You are animals. Fierce and wild. You are harsh and brutal and beautiful. There is no one like you in all the universe. You have the power for such destruction within you. And such joy. It's a dichotomy that shouldn't exist, and yet here it is. Within you. Within all of you.

He was okay with all of it.
He'd been lonely. He'd been sad.
But he'd found a purpose.
He'd found a reason. Two, in fact.
If he died right here, right now, there was a very real possibility that he'd done something good. That his life had mattered. That he'd loved and been loved in return.

But fear can be a funny thing. You can fear what you don't understand, but in the end, you can still be brave. You can still stand up for what's right.

You will never be alone because I will always be with you.

It's why I chose the both of you. You made me a home out of nothing. Out of a place where one should not exist. You carried each other until your knees gave out and you stumbled. I didn't get that at first. I don't think anyone can. Not until they know what it means to be human. We're not alike. Not really. We're separated by time & space. And yet, somehow, we're all made of dust & stars. I will never forget that.

... "You carry each other until your knees give out and you stumble. It's almost impossible to understand. None of us could get that. Not until they felt a heart beating in a chest like I have. Not until I felt the bones beneath my skin. We're not alike. Not really. We're separated by time and space. And yet, somehow, we're all made of dust and stars."

"I can like dolls and study UFOs at the same time. Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I'm not capable of deciding what my interests should be."

"Mr. Cartwright. You're out of time. Do you have an answer?"
"Yeah," Nate said, raising his voice. "In fact I do. Here it is. Fuck off."

💪🏼 Go Nate! May we all be so bold.

"You're not toast," she said. "You can be Nathaniel Cartwright. Then you can be someone else. And then if you don't like it, you can be Nathaniel Cartwright again. You're not toast. Bread doesn't have a choice. You do."