"Everyone was always becoming someone else.Sometimes, when you were older, you became someone younger. And me, I felt old. How can aguy who's about to turn seventeen feel old?"

Identity, Change, Aging, Observation

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"Everyone was always becoming someone else.Sometimes, when you were older, you became someone younger. And me, I felt old. How can aguy who's about to turn seventeen feel old?"

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