"It was so risky and so scary, and yet at the same time, so beautiful. Maybe the truth was, it shouldn't be easy to be amazing. Then everything would b...

But I knew what it said. That I could be imperfect, but only so much. Human, but only within limits. And honest, to her or to myself, never.
~ Sarah Dessen ~












But I knew what it said. That I could be imperfect, but only so much. Human, but only within limits....
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