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1 " Cassidy and I wouldn’t be friends if we met today. She’s blunt, even when she shouldn’t be. She’s cynical to the point of perpetual gloom. Her interest in culture begins and ends with fashion magazines—hence the gloom. She’s still the best friend I’ve ever had. We’re there for each other in a way no one else is. That’s what counts, not the music she listens to or the books she doesn’t read. "
― A.O. Monk , I Am Not Thirteen
2 " Everything changes, nothing disappears. Tom said that to me once, I don’t remember when. But this will disappear. Even now, the Leah and Amy in these photos are gone, never to return. Who will take their places? "
3 " She’s not into you, Tom. She doesn’t love you. You can’t force someone to love you by doing them favors. "
4 " Say my daughter and her boyfriend meet again. If they have a child, will it be Lucas? The odds are astronomically against it. If it doesn’t happen, Lucas will die without ever being born. "