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I loved your world, Noah. It was a magical place, where there were stars and love, and there was hope. Hope. I don’t think you know how it is not to have that. I stole some of yours. It was beautiful, but there were too many secrets between us, and I always knew I’d have to give it back.Debbie Howells
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You can play the part for so long, wear the mask, say what people expect you to say. Fight for as long as there is air in your lungs. Fly if you have wings. But you can never be free from someone who won't let you go.Debbie Howells
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That’s the trouble with you young people.” Saying young as though it was a bad thing.“ You’re in too darn much of a hurry to notice.”“ Notice what, exactly?”“ The difference, ” she’d replied slowly, as if I were particularly stupid, “between what people want you to see, and what’s real.Debbie Howells
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But there’s that thing with secrets, too, how they take over your head, feeding on your every thought, growing bigger all the time until the day comes they’re so heavy you can’t walk.Debbie Howells