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"A lot of parents make you feel very awkward when you meet them."
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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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"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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"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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Personal Development

"These are the attributes of Bullshit people; they will...blur your imagination, take your endowments for a piece of debris, make you ridiculous, and most importantly, you got to send them to the recycle bin."
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"Did you see that dress? "I saw the dress. "Did you like it? He didn't answer. I took that as a yes. "Am I going to endanger my reputation if I wear it to the dance? When he spoke, I could barely hear him. "You'll endanger the school. I smiled and fell asleep."
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"Men love pleasure, but women wish for purposeful promise."
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"I think that if I ever have kids, and they are upset, I won't tell them that people are starving in China or anything like that because it won't change the fact that they are upset."
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"I don't want to be somebody's crush. If somebody likes me, I want them to like the real me, not what they think I am."
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"I know that things get worse before they get better because that's what my psychiatrist says, but this is a worse that feels too big."
Mental Health

"Girls like guys to be a challenge. It gives them some mold to fit in how they act. Like a mom. What would a mom do if she couldn't fuss over you and make you clean your room? And what would you do without her fussing and making you do it? Everyone needs a mom. And a mom knowns this. And it gives her a sense of purpose. You get it?"
Life

"My grandfather was crying. The kind of quiet that is quiet and a secret. The kind of crying that only I noticed. I thought about him going into my mom's room when she was little and hitting my mom and holding up her report card and saying that her bad grades would never happen again. And I think now that maybe he meant my older brother. Or my sister. Or me. That he would make sure that he was the one to work in a mill. I don't know if that's good or bad. I don't know if it's better to have your kids be happy and not go to college. I don't know if it's better to be close with your daughter or make sure she has a better life than you do. I just don't know."
Family

"It's strange because sometimes, I read a book, and I think I am the people in the book. Also, when I write letters, I spend the next two days thinking about what I figured out in my letters."
Awareness

"A lot of parents make you feel very awkward when you meet them."
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"I think the idea is that every person has to live for his or her own life and then make the choice to share it with other people. You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love."
Life

"She hated everything her parents loved."
Rebellion

"Patrick actually used to be popular before Sam bought him some good music."
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