“

You can’t make anyone love you, and if you could, it wouldn’t be worth it. Still, getting dumped hurts. Yes, yes: intellectually, I know it could never have “worked out” with Sean, and like my breakups with Ronna and Shelli, this will prove a blessing in the long run. But right now I feel like crying.

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To who I thought I could be, I am tired of comparing myself to you.

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“I guess it’s true that we made better strangers than lovers.”