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The future was one thing that could never be broken, because it had not yet had the chance to be anything.Sarah Dessen
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You only really fall apart in front of the people you know can piece you back together.Sarah Dessen
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We were there, together, and in the next room I could hear that monitor beeping. Keeping track of another heart’s beat and giving enduring, solid proof of our own.Sarah Dessen
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I was used to being invisible. People rarely saw me, and if they did, they never looked close. I wasn't shiny and charming like my brother, stunning and graceful like my mother, or smart and dynamic like my friends. That's the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.Sarah Dessen
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You always think you want to be noticed. Until you are.Sarah Dessen
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You get used to people being a certain way; you depend on it. And when they surprise you, for better or worse, it can shake you to your core.Sarah Dessen
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What you do in your dreams is never your choice. But it made me happy anyway.Sarah Dessen
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He had a nice smile. Seeing it, I felt like I’d won a prize, because he was so sparing with them.Sarah Dessen
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That's the thing, though. You always think you want to be noticed. Until you areSarah Dessen
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For as long as I could remember, other people had either overshadowed me or left me out in the open, alone. But Mac, as Layla had said all those weeks ago, was always somewhere nearby. He left me enough space to stand alone, but stood at the ready for the moment that I didn’t want to. It was the perfect medium, I was learning. Like he was my saint, the one I’d been waiting for.Sarah Dessen