Heaven is comfort, but it's still not living.
("The Lovely Bones")
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When they reached the lobby and the doors opened I knew they were meant to be there, the four of them, alone.
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Look what happens when we dream.
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I stared at her black hair. It was shiny like the promises in magazines.
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She sat in her room on the couch my parents had given up on and worked on hardening herself. Take deep breaths and hold them. Try to stay still for longer and longer periods of time. Make yourself small and like a stone. Curl the edges of yourself up and fold them under where no one can see.
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