“On the couch that was also my bed in the apartment I'd lived in all my life, I sat, sucking my thumb, thinking of the terrible things he'd said to me, using them to ignite a small fire, to get myself warm and moving, to get myself gone.”
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“I wondered if other people had to work so hard to try and seem normal all of the time.”
“even a cracked pot has a lid that fits.”
“being in love makes people uncertain.”
“Everyone causes trouble for someone at some point in their lives.”
“I don't trust pine trees. They're far too secretive for my liking.”