Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.

Marilyn Monroe
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It's easy to forget where you've been when you're in the middle of creating your life. You can forget faces, even names. You can forget where you came from, because you're too busy being somewhere else. A lot of times, if you're lucky though, you will look back and realize how much room there was for new experiences in your life. You can see how many mistakes you made, that were just the result of not knowing any better.

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