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One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going.Emma Cameron
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I'm all alone, fuming at myself, waving a great flagof failure.Emma Cameron
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Stella scribbledin thick black textaacross half the pagesof my best storybook, filled with people who venturedwhere their hearts took them. Beautiful worlds beyond mine.Emma Cameron
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The true test is wonwhen being togetherwithout saying a wordis everything.Emma Cameron
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It's nice to think that picking uncertain paths may not necessarily alter their destination too drastically, simply the journey undertaken to reach it.Emma Cameron
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There're three reasonspeople get away from here:gone good, gone bad orgone dead.Emma Cameron
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I'm justthe reason they married. Mum says I was a surprise. Dad says I was an accident. Truth is ...I am their mistake.Emma Cameron
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Then she smiles, like it'sthe first time she's seen sunafter a decade of winters.Emma Cameron
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Growing up changes morethan playground gamesand body shapes.Emma Cameron
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I want out of this place. With no reminders." It stings -sulphur tearsin cinnamon rain.Emma Cameron
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Instead, she's as stillas a leaf-littered pond, dark water evaporating, waiting desperately for rain.Emma Cameron
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I miss my brother likethe sea would miss saltif that were taken away.Emma Cameron
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It's not about blood, "says Lucius. "It's about who you shareyour life with. Where you feelyou really belong.Emma Cameron
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Things should have beenso differentto the way they arenow.Emma Cameron
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I walk the city, through its crush of people and its smells:body odour, rotting food, vomit and urine. A cocktail of oppression and freedom.Emma Cameron