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“My pills correct the chemicals, but Zoe is medicine for the soul. Her words mend my mangled world. "I wish we could have met now. Today. For the first time." Her eyes, bluer than the sky. "Me too." Maybe we are meeting for the first time. This is the truest me I can be. I'm just sorry I got here so late.”

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Dear Evan Hansen

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“The mirror, window, and wall are metaphors for all those tactics we use to hide the lie that we believe is the truth: the false self. Each of these elements are the persona, the mask we may be wearing, playing a character, reading a script assigned to us. This book is a wake-up call that personal transformation is possible.”