I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes, downing vodka and sobbing uncontrollably. "We can't heal you at Evergreen", the very somber voiceover said. "But we can help you to heal yourself." It had become our own running joke, applicable to almost anything. "Hey Cass, "I'd say, "hand me that toothpaste." "Caitlin, " she'd say, her voice dark and serious. "I can't hand you the toothpaste. But I CAN help you hand the toothpaste to yourself. . Sarah Dessen
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The 'Evergreen Care Center' is a hospital that Cass and I had always made fun of. It was known for its ads about the hospital, featuring a puffy-eyed woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes sobbing uncontrollably as she says "We can't heal you at Evergreen, but we can help you to heal yourself."

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