When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.

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Love isn't soft, like the poets say. Love has teeth which bite and the wounds never close.

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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

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We lie best when we lie to ourselves.

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The most important things are the hardest to say

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The scariest moment is always just before you start.

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you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.

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The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.

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Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

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I think reality is thin, you know, thin as lake ice after a thaw, and we fill our lives with noise and light and motion to hide that thinness from ourselves.

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