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"I mean . . . I don't know. I don't know what I want to do, or who I want to be, or where I want to live. I don't know. I like reading about adventure, sure, but I also like doing it from the safety of home. But what is home, besides a quilt-covered bed? Where is it?"
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"Soap?'School of America in Paris' he explains. 'SOAP'.Nice. My father sent me here to be cleansed."
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