We tried to act familiar, which meant we couldn't ask the kind of questions that might have helped us figure each other out and year after year the distance grew.

About This Quote

This quote is about how relationships are supposed to be. We are all individuals, with our own thoughts and feelings, but the idea behind this quote is that we shouldn't put those things aside in order to make our relationship work. If we do, we'll forget who we are and learn to act like the other person.

Source: The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2002

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1. We tried to act familiar, which meant we couldn't ask the kind of questions that might have helped us figure each other out and year after year the distance grew.

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