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Then one time he surprised me and asked me about Bryce. Why was I so crazy about Bryce? I told him about his eyes and his hair and the way his cheeks blush, but I don’t think I explained it very well because when I was done Dad shook his head and told me in soft, heavy words that I needed to start looking at the whole landscape. I didn’t really know what he meant by that, but it made me want to argue with him. How could he possibly understand about Bryce? He didn’t know him! But this was not an arguing spot. Those were scattered throughout the house, but not out here. We were both quiet for a
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the next time you’re faced with a choice, do the right thing. It hurts everyone less in the long run.”
“Some of us get dipped in flat, some in satin, some in gloss….” He turned to me. “But every once in a while you find someone who’s iridescent, and when you do, nothing will ever compare.”
people need things around them that lift them above their lives and make them feel the miracle of living.
What he did to my heart was sheer, inexplicable magic.
“Get beyond his eyes and his smile and the sheen of his hair—look at what’s really there.”
It felt good to take charge of my own destiny! I felt strong and right and certain.
