"It had never occurred to me that a person could know all the right things to say and deploy them to get what she wanted, without having to mean any of it."

Deception, Manipulation, Communication, Truth

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"It had never occurred to me that a person could know all the right things to say and deploy them to get what she wanted, without having to mean any of it."

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"I don't like to do what people expect. Why should I live up to their expectations instead of my own?"

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"Her mind is an unquiet one, words and thoughts and impulses constantly crashing into each other."

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"When you need to hold onto something, you should. Whatever gets you through, take it."

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"I had yet to learn that when it came to gender, I was both and neither."

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"It doesn't work, she continues, unclasping her hands, smoothing her skirt. "What you're feeling right now doesn't work. You can't wander around and think the wandering will call them back. Believe me. I know you don't want to hear the long view, but let me tell you. You are so young. I know it's none of my business. But still."

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"I hate that would. Straight. At the very least, those of us who are nonstraight should get to be called curvy. Or scenic. Actually, I like that: 'Do you think she's straight?' 'Oh no. She's scenic."

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