So self-assured were they all by nature that it never occurred to me to doubt that their perfection was predetermined by forces I did not understand. They were all royalty. They were all gods. They were all broken.

Chelsey Philpot
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The protagonist of this story is a boy who has always had a crush on the prettiest girl in school. He describes the other children in the school as “self-assured.” He describes his classmates as “so self-assured that it never occurred to me to doubt that their perfection was predetermined by forces I did not understand.” This is very true. Of course, most people would not consider themselves perfect, so it does not seem strange to say so. The difference between this boy and most people is that he knew they were not perfect, but he did not know why or how they were broken.

Source: Even In Paradise

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