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He'd fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fight.

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this is the rough part, okay? so just stay tuned for the good part. i promise it'll come soon.

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When you date someone, you have the markers along the way, right: You kiss, you have The Talk, you say the Three Little Words, you sit on a swing set ...more

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You are helpful, and you are loved, and you are forgiven, and you are not alone.

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When she fucked up all those years ago, just a little girl terrified into paralysis, she fell onto the enigma of herself.

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Colder by the hour, more dead with every breath.

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I find it really offensive when people say that the emotional experiences of teenagers are less real or less important than those of adults. I am an a...more

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I looked over at Augustus Waters, who looked back at me. You could almost see through his eyes they were so blue. "There will come a time," I said, "w...more

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We all romanticize the people we adore.

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Love is always a miracle, everywhere,every time. But for us, it's a little different. I don't want to say it's more miraculous...Our miracle is differ...more

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No, I don’t think you’re gonna be single forever, and also I don’t understand your obsession with romantic love. There are other ways to have fulfilli...more

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What I love about the sculpture is that it makes the bones that we are always walking and playing on manifest, like in a world that so often denies th...more

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Hazel has to realize that her mom was wrong when she said, “I won’t be a mother anymore.” The truth is, after Hazel dies (assuming she dies), her mom ...more

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So I let her go, too. And I'm sorry. I know you loved her. It was hard not to.Takumi

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But I believe in true love, you know? Idon’t believe that everybody gets to keep their eyes or not get sick or whatever, but everybody should have tru...more