"I was getting an A for work. But not for talent. The story of my life."

Talent, Effort, Self-Reflection, Ambition

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"I was getting an A for work. But not for talent. The story of my life."

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"I wanted to buy a T-shirt that read: I AM UNKNOWABLE."

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"I thought masturbating was embarassing. I didn't even know why. It just was. It was like having sex with yourself. Having sex with yourself was really weird. Autoeroticism."

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"I thought of what my mom had said. 'You talk like a man.' It was easier to talk like a man than to be one."

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"One of my roommates, Rafael, he's an expert on monsters. Not that he talks about them. I can just tell. People who have monsters recognize each other. They know each other without even saying a word."

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