"Everything has changed. Or, more accurately, everything was going to change. But nothing had really changed yet. And it made the condolences odd- as if people were saying how sorry they were that my house burned down when it was still intact but with an ember smoking nearby, waiting (9)."
"What was the point of trying to run away if people where insisting on reminding you of what you were running away from? Though I hadn't felt the need to do it for a while not, running away had been something I'd done with real frequency when I was younger (9)."
"This realization cause a strange mix feelings- nostalgia coupled with disappointment. But mostly I felt the cool, heart-pounding sensation of relief that comes when you know you've gotten away with something (29)."
"It was the same feeling as going back into the house had been- the realization that just because you left something behind doesn't mean that it had gone anywhere. And as I walked, I found, to my surprise, that I missed it (62)."
“You said you didn’t want to waste your time on people who aren’t going to matter,” I said, and he nodded. “But how do you know they’re not going to matter? Unless you give it a shot (161)?”
"What was the point of trying to run away if people where insisting on reminding you of what you were running away from? Though I hadn't felt the need to do it for a while not, running away had been something I'd done with real frequency when I was younger (9)."
"This realization cause a strange mix feelings- nostalgia coupled with disappointment. But mostly I felt the cool, heart-pounding sensation of relief that comes when you know you've gotten away with something (29)."
"It was the same feeling as going back into the house had been- the realization that just because you left something behind doesn't mean that it had gone anywhere. And as I walked, I found, to my surprise, that I missed it (62)."
“You said you didn’t want to waste your time on people who aren’t going to matter,” I said, and he nodded. “But how do you know they’re not going to matter? Unless you give it a shot (161)?”