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Hubert did not want to go into this room. He was scared and he felt vulnerable and the last think on earth he wanted was to try to make friends with these strangers. He wished with all his heart that Joyce were here with him. After all, it was always easier to meet new people if there were two of you. It gave you confidence and made you feel at ease. Look, it said to the world, I already have one friend so I can't be all that bad.
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― All the Lonely People
― All the Lonely People
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All I can say is that I’m grateful that in many ways they just let me be. They didn’t want my rough start to cast a shadow on my childhood. From my earliest days they allowed me the kind of independence that many of my peers didn’t have—whether it was my period of digging, or the times in early elementary school when I went solo camping in the mountains several miles above our home. In solitude, I felt more deeply immersed in my surroundings. It felt natural.
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― The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall
― The Push: A Climber's Journey of Endurance, Risk and Going Beyond Limits to Climb the Dawn Wall
For readers of Star Wars novels, whether old Expanded Universe or New Cannon.
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