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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.

“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)

“I didn’t think this discussion would be so serious,” Angie says, “I thought everyone would make jokes.”
“I tried,” Alex says.

“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