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"There's a kind of radar that you get, after years of being talked about and made fun of by other people. You can almost smell it when it's about to happen, can recognize instantly the sound of a hushed voice, lowered just enough to make whatever is said okay. I had only been in Colby for a few weeks. But I had not forgotten."
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"Believe in yourself up here and it will make you stronger than you could ever imagine."
Strength
"It was amazing how you could get so far from where you'd planned, and yet find it was exactly were you needed to be."
Life
"All those clean, fresh starts had made me forget what it was like, until now, to be messy and honest and out of control. To be real."
Authenticity
"Together, we looked down at the tiny house, the sole thing on this vast, flat surface. Like the only person living on the moon. It could be either lonely or peaceful, depending on how you looked at it. "It's a start," I said."
Perspective
"Macy: "In Truth, I said, "there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.Wes: "How do you win? he askedMacy: "That, I said, "is such a boy question."
Truth
"Outside, the ocean was crashing, waves hitting sand, then pulling back to sea. I thought of everything being washed away, again and again. We make such messes in this life, both accidentally and on purpose. But wiping the surface clean doesn't really make anything neater. It just masks what is below. It's only when you really dig down deep, go underground, that you can see who you really are."
Philosophy
"For once, you believed in yourself. you believed you were beautiful and so did the rest of the world."
Confidence
"It's hard to do," I said. Wes looked at me. "What is?" I swallowed, not sure why I'd said this out loud. "Get it right."
Growth
"I planned my whole future around Adam,' she said now, quietly. 'And now I have nothing.''No,' I told her, 'now you just don't have Adam. There's a big difference, Lissa. You just can't see it yet."
Growth
"Fine," he repeated, and I wondered why it was I kept coming back to this, again and again, a word that you said when someone asked how you were but didn't really care to know the truth."
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"It was as if my whole life revolved around trying to judge the appropriate point in a conversation to say goodbye."
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"Never abandon widows, widowers and orphans."
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"No sensible person ever made an apology."
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"My grandma, Mrs Grace Ayorkor Acquah, said, "Money matters is only a matter of fancy."
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"Money cannot buy love."
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"Living in harmony with one another brings inner tranquility."
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"Be interested yourself, and you will interest others."
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"You know, in a society where children just about have to seek parental permission to sit on Santa's knee, the word 'paedophile' should send more shivers up your spine than the word 'druggie'."
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"Never look too far to find a family. Your neighbour is your closest family."
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"Now, if there's anything stupider than buddy lists, its lol. if anyone ever uses lol with me, i rip my computer right out of the wall and smash it over the nearest head. i mean, it's not like anyone is laughing out loud about the things they lol. i think it should be spelled loll. like what a lobotomized person's tongue does. loll. loll. i can't think anymore. loll. loll! or ttyl. bitch, you're not actually talking. that would require actual vocal contact or <3. you honestly think that looks like a heart? if you do, that's only because you'v never seen scrotum. (rofl! what? are you really rolling on the floor laughing? well, please stay down there a sec while i KICK YOUR ASS)"
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