Once, this had been the life I’d wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I c…

Sarah Dessen
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Once, this had been the life I’d wanted. Even chosen. Now, though, I couldn’t believe that there had been a time when this kind of monotony and silence, this most narrow of existences, had been preferable. Then again, once, I’d never known anything else. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2006). The Truth About Forever, p.217, Penguin
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