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“No one can be independent of other people completely, so why not give up the attempt, she thought, go running in the other direction, depend on people for everything, allow them to depend on you, why not”

Everything’s going to be all right, he says. Trust me. I love you, I’m not going to let anything like that happen to you again.

“Life offers up these moments of joy despite everything”

“Life was different after that; maybe he had never understood how different it was.”

“I don’t really know what happened with us in the end.”

“To feel that life was happening here, in this place, and not somewhere else far away.”

“Most people go through their whole lives, without really feeling that close with anyone.”