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“In books, people always wake up in the hospital and can’t remember how they got here and then it all slowly comes back to them. I opened my eyes and thought, “‘Oh shit.’” Thank god.
Autumn, girl, I love you. Thank HEAVENS YOU SURVIVED. YOU’RE GONNA GET THROUGH THIS QUEEN, YOU BETTER

Rest in peace, Finny Smith.

“On August 8m, Phineas Smith died, and I can imagine every detail of that night.”
OH FINNY, AHHH THE BABY BOY, I MEAN I KNEW THIS WAS COMING BUT STILL! THE SWEETEST BOY.

“I had somehow forgotten that the world was larger than just us.”

“I could invent a new past to remember”

“‘Discovered? How very fucking special that must have been for you both.”
I love Autumn so much

Baby Autumn I missed you!

“They’ve loved each other nearly their whole lives, yet are not in love. They are passionate and devoted. They are bound to and balanced by each other—the outer chaos of Angelina’s life and my mother’s inner darkness, Angelina’s strength and my mother’s will. I imagine Angelina’s fingers twine in her hair and rest there. “I love you,” she says. She always will.”
Let the moms get together! (Jk)

“But you think we’re here for beautiful things and you think sadness is beautiful?”

“It can be,” I say.

Gentle is the right word