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"Marianne had a wildness that got into him for a while and made him feel that he was like her, that they had the same unnameable spiritual injury, and that neither of them could ever fit into the world. But he was never damaged like she was. She just made him feel that way".

"Unnameable spiritual injury", it's called abuse and trauma but okie. Also just say she's your manic pixie dream girl and be done with it.