

“You know my parents are all about, like, being special. Doing something big. They always act like Jacob’s this… distraction. Like I should be friends with more important people. They like Zoe. She’s somebody.”
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― We'll Never Tell

“Beneath it, I feel a twinge of resentment. Sometimes she makes everything such a production, even when it’s completely unnecessary, engineering situations so she’s always on center stage. What does that make me? Set dressing?”
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― We'll Never Tell

“You say you want me to *be somebody*, but, like, we're all just people. Eveeryone is somebody. I--I didn't think you'd approve because you're always telling me I need to be around the kind of people who can help me get ahead.”
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― We'll Never Tell

“I’d never do that.” The fact that he thinks I’d out him hurts. He knows I’m queer. It reminds me how little I actually know Eddie. He plays his cards very close to the vest. Jacob’s always been the one who helps him open up around us, who can access the funny parts of him. But now…”
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― We'll Never Tell

“Sometimes, grief seizes me in a violent grip, and when it does, I almost double over in pain. I pause, breathe, try to release the image of how my life was meant to be. It doesn't matter what was destines; it only matters what actually happened. That's what I tell myself.”
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― We'll Never Tell
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