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If only you could really use a fail-proof system to know who was worth keeping and who needed to be thrown away. It would make it so much easier to move through the world, picking and choosing what connections to make, or whether to make any at all. 

-What Happened to Goodbye, Sarah Dessen

Not that I already know those who are worthy to be kept in my life cos it's a bit difficult; you can only keep them if they also want to be kept in the first place. But I think I know who not to keep.

I was silent or at least tried to be silent but some people are just too bored, I guess, to provoke someone who's been unresponsive since day one. No, you don't need to flatter me very much. Thanks.

Fear of Flying

Though my friends envied me because I always seemed cheerful and confident, I was secretly terrified of practically everything.

Maybe Erica Jong and I are soul mates at some point in our lives, minus the age gap. I actually feel this way. That deep. I would love to meet her. And maybe have a picture with her, and hug her, and spend a day with her, just the two of us talking until we run out of words to say.