Aha!"

My chaperone looked at me like I should aha! back, but all I could manage was a quiet "ah." I made a note to ha later.


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Hate pollutes the mind.
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Complimenting someone in an exaggerated way is known as flattery, and flattery will generally get yo...
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Of course you can trust me," Jake Hix said. "We read the same books.
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It is a lonely feeling when someone you care about becomes a stranger.
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Nobody should feel pain all by themselves.
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There are some secrets you want to keep to yourself, even if they don't matter. They might only matt...
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It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought,...
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