It was so easy to disown what you couldn't recognize, to keep yourself…

Sarah Dessen
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It was so easy to disown what you couldn't recognize, to keep yourself apart from things that were foreign and unsettling. The only person you can be sure to control, always, is yourself. Which is a lot to be sure of, but at the same time, not enough. ✨ Sarah Dessen (2009). Along for the Ride, p.224, Penguin
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