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“but at what point had I begun to long for things I would never have? Was it selfish to be thirteen and wonder what it would be like to be a part of something more than this? Would it be so wrong to live like this, be this, and want more of everything?
the spiders were reminding me of things, of greatness pressing inside me, and I would get this powerful sense that someone was out there waiting for me.”

“This should never matter. The only person you must protect is yourself. You cannot back down to anyone. Not even a woman, not even me.” She turned and started walking again
. “Invisible and invincible, remember? Be stone, not paper. It’s the only way you will survive in a world full of people who will only disappoint you.”