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![“[I]t was the knowledge that I was surrounded by adults with lives that I could never imagine living. It was the humming noise inside me that told me to do something and found nothing to do that meant anything, the bit of me that was like a fly smashing itself again and again on a windowpane. It…” quote by Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2ee/maggie-stiefvater-76_grief_i-t-was-the-knowledge-that-i-was-surroun_2564614.jpg)
