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Moonstone: The Boy Who Never Was

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This Modern Love by Will Darbyshire

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You are like that one piece of artwork in an art gallery that people spend a little longer admiring.

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“People are predictable. That's what makes them easy to kill.”
― Shaun Jeffrey, The Kult

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“You were born to be remembered, not missed.
Being missed means you eat up people’s memory
leaving them full of you but emtpy of themselves.”
― Tapiwa Mugabe, Zimbabwe

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“You’re afraid to tell her you miss her in case it sounds like you love her more than she loves you. And her reply will be ‘I’ve been busy with work, I haven’t had time to think about other things’. You’re afraid you have become other things.”
― Tapiwa Mugabe, Zimbabwe

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“Life was such a precious thing, easily broken.”
― Shaun Jeffrey, The Kult

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“I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget.”
― Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad

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