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Alicia Gingrich
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“May is the word you use when you're asking permission, she said. You have never waited to ask permission.”
― The Only Girl in Town
― The Only Girl in Town
“But they also had this energy about them. They were young and interesting and full of potential, and you hated them and wanted to be them at the same time. At least, I did.”
― The Only Girl in Town
― The Only Girl in Town
“We have to have this, my heart said.
But we will not survive it, my head said.
Both right.
I am scared of impermanence, of change and loss. But this-this me alone, nothing changing, no one left to lose-this is unbearable.”
― The Only Girl in Town
But we will not survive it, my head said.
Both right.
I am scared of impermanence, of change and loss. But this-this me alone, nothing changing, no one left to lose-this is unbearable.”
― The Only Girl in Town
“You have layers over layers of a memory in a place. There is the deepest layer, with the ones you love the most, or have the most memories with. Years and years and years. Maybe, you think, I'll make new memories here with new people. Because you can't give up the place entirely-it's physically impossible, or emotionally.
And there you are, and both you and the place are layered, like wallpaper on top of wallpaper for centuries, and you'd have to peel everything away, you'd have to be the bare boards, no memories, nothing left. To get rid of some things, you'd have to get rid of everything.
So then you are. There you are. Living on.
A house with ghosts.”
― The Only Girl in Town
And there you are, and both you and the place are layered, like wallpaper on top of wallpaper for centuries, and you'd have to peel everything away, you'd have to be the bare boards, no memories, nothing left. To get rid of some things, you'd have to get rid of everything.
So then you are. There you are. Living on.
A house with ghosts.”
― The Only Girl in Town
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