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1 " One more year and I will be closer to wherever I'm going. "
― Emma Cameron , Out of This Place
2 " I'm all alone,fuming at myself,waving a great flagof failure. "
3 " Stella scribbledin thick black textaacross half the pagesof my best storybook,filled with people who venturedwhere their hearts took them.Beautiful worlds beyond mine. "
4 " The true test is wonwhen being togetherwithout saying a wordis everything. "
5 " It's nice to think that picking uncertain paths may not necessarily alter their destination too drastically, simply the journey undertaken to reach it. "
― Emma Cameron
6 " There're three reasonspeople get away from here:gone good, gone bad orgone dead. "
7 " I'm justthe reason they married.Mum saysI was a surprise.Dad saysI was an accident.Truth is ...I am their mistake. "
8 " Then she smiles, like it'sthe first time she's seen sunafter a decade of winters. "
9 " Growing up changes morethan playground gamesand body shapes. "
10 " Instead,she's as stillas a leaf-littered pond,dark water evaporating,waiting desperately for rain. "
11 " i miss my brother likethe sea would miss saltif that were taken away. "
12 " Things should have beenso differentto the way they arenow. "
13 " I walk the city, through its crush of people and its smells:body odour, rotting food, vomit and urine. A cocktail of oppression and freedom. "
14 " They scribble on notepads,the sound of their pensscratching the judgemental air. "
15 " If I let him touch me,it'd be like openinga one-waytelepathic tunnel. "
16 " She's never sure,never knows,never goes. "
17 " Bongo's sobs are hurled outlike paintballs from a skirmish gununtil the force diminishesinto a trickle of sobsthat wind up the exorcism. "
18 " I want out of this place.With no reminders."It stings -sulphur tearsin cinnamon rain. "
19 " Strange, isn't it?" he asks."Where life takes you and how much can change. "
20 " It's not about blood,"says Lucius. "It's about who you shareyour life with.Where you feelyou really belong. "
