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“Every time he gave me a reason to hope, the flames got bigger. They never died. There was always something, even if it was a single ember or a glowing cigarette butt. I wanted them to die. It's the hope that burns you, not the lack of it.”

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“It was revolting that I had been like that. Shameful. Disgraceful, in the old-time sense of the word. And what was even worse? That I could now see myself so wretchedly clearly. I had changed, I recognized bitterly.I hated that I could see myself as I was. What a terrible thing to know. I would never be able to not know it, to forget it.I didn't see how I could ever forgive River for that.”