Part of me wanted this more than anything else in the world–to have someone to hang out with, be like everyone else for a while. The rest of me screamed to get the hell out of there, not to get sucked in.

Rachel Ward
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To have someone to hang out with, be like everyone else for a while. The rest of me screamed to get the hell out of there, not to get sucked in. Part of me wanted this more than anything else in the world—to have someone to hang out with, be like everyone else for a while. The rest of me screamed to get the hell out of there, not to get sucked in.

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