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Everything that matters hurts, until it doesn't matter anymore.Dianna Hardy
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Hope — or perhaps delusion — was a flame that had stayed lit, even though its scorching light would hurt. It had refused to go out.Dianna Hardy
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She had forced herself to learn to read — picked up bits and pieces, here and there, from the very few teachers who had been patient with her; from looking at words while out and about; from television, and from friends. And to avoid the shouting and drug-induced moaning, and the row of male visitors her mum would entertain, she would barricade herself in her room — there'd been no lock — and lose herself in books.Dianna Hardy
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I don't know what we're doing here — you and me … I don't know what we are or what we can be, but this doesn't have to be about that. This can just be about … a chance. Taking a chance.Dianna Hardy
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God, ” she butted her head into his chest, “I'm so angry with myself.”“ What? Why?”“Because … this is my mess I dragged you into, and you don't deserve any of it, and I feel like I'm ruining you with every single thing I say, and…” she lifted her head, eyes shimmering, “I'm a selfish, selfish bitch. Because all I can think about, is whether I'll regret it in three hours, when we walk out of here, and I never know, not even once, what it's like to be with a really nice guy.Dianna Hardy