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“I’m going to do what I want to do. I’m going to be who I really am. And I’m going to figure out what that is.”

“Why didn’t I learn to treat everything like it was the last time. My greatest regret was how much I believed in the future.”

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“Grief never ends. But it changes. It’s a passage, not a place to stay. Grief is not a sign of weakness, nor a lack of faith. It is the price of love.”

“Never let the memories of the way things were, blind you from seeing the reality of the way things are.”

“But I tried, didn’t I? Goddamnit, at least I did that.”

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“It is better to be alone, she figures, than to be with someone who can’t see who you are.”

“Miss someone until they come back, or until you come back, until their absence in your life becomes something to be avoided at all costs. Miss them until you don’t have to anymore, until you’re reunited in your favorite booth in your favorite restaurant ordering your favorite meal, miss them until it feels like you never left. Or miss them until you can’t anymore, until the things you miss are identified and cataloged as things and not a person, until you figure out that easy company and long talks and unblinking, all-knowing eye contact will find you again the way they found you the first time. Miss someone until you don’t.”