Some people, they can't just move on, you know, mourn and cry and be done with it. Or at least seem to be. But for me... I don't know. I didn't want to fix it, to forget. It wasn't something that was broken. It's just...something that happened. And like that hole, I'm just finding ways, every day, of working around it. Respecting and remembering and getting on at the same time.
Sarah DessenNate: โAnd,โ he said, โboys at twelve arenโt exactly slick with the ladies.โ Ruby: โโSlick with the ladiesโ?โ I said. โAre you twelve?
Sarah DessenI wasnโt ready to think about the other yet: that it wasnโt that I wasnโt right for Macon, but that maybe he wasnโt right for me. There was a difference. Even for someone who things didnโt come easy for, someone like me.
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