It occurred to me that there was a story behind the scar -- maybe not as dramatic as the story of my wrists, but a story nonetheless -- and the fact that everyone had a story behind some mark on their inside or outside suddenly exhausted me, the gravity of all those untold pasts.

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Categorized in : Past Facts Stories

The world needs more love at first sight.

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sight world needs

Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.” Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control.

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overestimate grace self

It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.

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shiver who-you-are love

There are moments that you'll remember for the rest of your life and there are moments that you think you'll remember for the rest of your life, and it's not often they turn out to be the same moment.

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rest-of-your-life remember thinking

As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.

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better-person surround-yourself sometimes

Some days seem to fit together like a stained glass window. A hundred little pieces of different color and mood that, when combined, create a complete picture.

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thoughtful glasses color

One thousand brilliant stars punched holes in my consciousness, pricking me with longing. I could stare at the stars for hours, their infinite number and depth pulling me into a part of myself that I ignored during the day.

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depth stars numbers

I tried to picture her in a class, any class, anywhere on campus, and failed miserably. I pictured her frolicking in a forest glade around some guy she'd just sacrificed to a heathen god. That image worked way better.

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guy class way

Overhead, the stars were wheeling and infinite, a complicated mobile made by giants.

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giants stars complicated

I hated this. I hated knowing what I wanted and knowing what was right and knowing they weren't the same thing.

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hated knowing wanted

I have a certain avoidance of reality that makes fantasy an ideal choice for me.

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fantasy choices reality

I guess now would be a good time to tell you," He said. "I took Chainsaw out of my dreams.

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good-times would-be dream

Looking at him like that, I felt like I needed something from him, or somebody, and that probably meant that he also needed something from me, or somebody, but the revelation was like looking at spots on a slide. Knowing that it meant something to somebody wasn't the same as it meaning something to you.

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meaning-something slides knowing

This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.

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going-away book hands

I'm quite happy for that smile, because Dad told me once you should be grateful for the gifts that are the rarest.

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smile-because grateful dad

a life is measured by moments like these

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moments life-is live-in-the-moment

It's a hard thing to hold a civil conversation after recalling that one party has used a Taser on the other, so both of them finished the walk in silence.

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tasers party silence

People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.

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should-have kindness people

If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.

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humans reason tree

I didn't know," I start truthfully, "that it was the hard way when I started on it.

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hard-way knows way