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We are, to be sure, a miracle every way. —Jane Austen, Mansfield Park


“What if she wants to be alone?â€�
She has a point. It’s possible.
But people don’t run or hide only when they want to be alone.
“What if,â€� I say, “she needs to know she isn’t?”
― Happy Place
She has a point. It’s possible.
But people don’t run or hide only when they want to be alone.
“What if,â€� I say, “she needs to know she isn’t?”
― Happy Place

“What can you feel? Sunlight, everywhere. Not just on my bare shoulders or the crown of my head but inside me too, the irresistible warmth that comes only from being in the exact right place with the exact right people.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place

“I imagined them all thinking it was worth it. Telling me how much they loved me. All my life, when I thought of my future, that was what I pictured. Not a career. The things I thought would come with it. Happiness, love, safety. And that dream had been enough for a long time. What was school if not a chance to earn your worth? To prove, again and again, that you were measurably good. One more deal I struck with a disinterested universe: If I'm good enough, I'll be happy. I'll be loved. I'll be safe.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place

“Never got a detention,â€� Mom says, “had perfect grades, got plenty of scholarships. No matter how stressful anything else was, we always knew Harriet was fine.'
Wyn gives me a look I can’t read, a tenderness around his mouth but concern in his brow.”
― Happy Place
Wyn gives me a look I can’t read, a tenderness around his mouth but concern in his brow.”
― Happy Place

“He's become my best friend the way the others did. Bit by bit, sand passing through an hour glass so slowly, it's impossible to pin down the moment it happens. When suddenly, more of my heart belongs to him than doesn't, and I know I'll never get a single grain back.”
― Happy Place
― Happy Place

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