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I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn't turned out to be.

I was crying a little for the boy I had wanted him to be and the boy he hadn’t turned out to be.
– Gabrielle Zevin

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  3. I know he’s a good person. And he said he was sorry. And I love him. And when you love a person, you have to forgive him sometimes. – Gabrielle Zevin
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