“Everyone wants to be loved, Reggie,” she replies, sitting up straighter, bolder in her passion. It’s cute. “Every single person, no matter what they say, wants that. They want to be loved deeply and stop being hurt over and over. They want a happy ending without pain. Many don’t find it, so they find it through this, fiction, until they do find their happy ending. Other people already have it and love relearning the feeling through others. Some simply want an adventure. They get it through books. Like me, a small-town girl, I’ve got to visit the stars, see other planets, and go to the deepest
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This is my favorite quote from any book that I’ve read in a long time. This is 100% accurate and will never not be relatable.
