The ghosts that exert the most power in people__ lives-at least, the people I know__end to be of their own making, and consist of equal parts regret and old fears and just plain missing somebody.
You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.
A Summer to Die
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You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if it doesn't make sense.
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Mark nodded even though she couldn't see. He'd suddenly lost any desire to talk, and his plans for a perfect day washed away with the stream. The memories. They never let him go, not even for a half hour. They always had to rush back in, bringing all the horror.
This isn__ how things were supposed to happen. I was supposed to be me. Not this.
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The purpose of life is to reach a point where you can say 'yes' to all of it.
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