"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

Family, Identity, People, Life

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"It's funny how two people can grow up in the same town, go to the same school, have the same friends, and end up so totally different. Family, or lack of it, counts for more than you'd think."

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"Sure, it sucked to be lost, but I'd long ago realized I preferred it to depending on anyone else to get me where I needed to go. That was the thing about being alone, in theory or in principle. Whatever happened- good, bad, or anywhere in between- it was always, if nothing else, all your own."

Freedom

"So you're always honest," I said."Aren't you?""No," I told him. "I'm not.""Well, that's good to know, I guess.""I'm not saying I'm a liar," I told him. He raised his eyebrows. "That's not how I meant it, anyways.""How'd you mean it, then?""I just...I don't always say what I feel.""Why not?""Because the truth sometimes hurts," I said."Yeah," he said. "So do lies, though."

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"With love like that, you can't get pick about how it finds you or the details. All that matters is that it's there. Better late than never."

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"It was great. Freedom even the imagined kind always is."

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"It wasn't about being happy or unhappy. I just didn't want to be me anymore."

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"You couldn't just pick and choose at will when someone depended on you, or loved you. It wasn't like a light switch, easy to turn on or off. If you were in, you were in. Out, you were out."

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"It took a lot of work to be perfect. If you didn't want to break a sweat, there was no point in even bothering."

Discipline

"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."

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"You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are."

Awareness

"But as long as something is never even started, you never have to worry about it ending. It has endless potential."

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