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> [“What happened?” “I tried to be somebody different from who I am and it didn’t work out.” “The world ain’t set up that way. Folks say we oughta be better than we are, but deep down they just want us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/what-happened-i-tried-to-be-somebody-different-from-who-i-am-and-it/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

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## More by Carolee Dean

> [“Let me love you, girl who came from the sea. Let us swim to the bottom of the ocean where we can be anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/let-me-love-you-girl-who-came-from-the-sea-let-us-swim-to-the-bottom/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“A man's beliefs are his destiny. As soon as my father believed his life was over, it was.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/a-man-s-beliefs-are-his-destiny-as-soon-as-my-father-believed-his/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“As long as you're breathing, there's still hope.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/as-long-as-you-re-breathing-there-s-still-hope/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“We are all rotting, making our way from womb to tomb, to the rhythm of the great clock counting downward to the grave.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/we-are-all-rotting-making-our-way-from-womb-to-tomb-to-the-rhythm-of/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“Is she worth all that pain?” he asked me, smiling. “Definitely,” I said, still reeling from the events of the day. “But I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/is-she-worth-all-that-pain-he-asked-me-smiling-definitely-i-said/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“I used to think that words and music could change the world, but look at the people who have made it. You see their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/i-used-to-think-that-words-and-music-could-change-the-world-but-look/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“Are you a virgin?” I asked, “A virgin who’s gonna tear out my heart?” “Yes … no … wait.” She looked at me. “I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/are-you-a-virgin-i-asked-a-virgin-who-s-gonna-tear-out-my-heart-yes/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“Blood never forgets. It has a memory of an ancient path toward home.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/blood-never-forgets-it-has-a-memory-of-an-ancient-path-toward-home/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“I hear my father's voice faintly, over the telephone, answering for me in a soft drawl. "He's my son." He reaches out his hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/i-hear-my-father-s-voice-faintly-over-the-telephone-answering-for-me/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“It brings back a long-forgotten memory of Christmas, the year I turned six. I was supposed to be in bed, but I was up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/it-brings-back-a-long-forgotten-memory-of-christmas-the-year-i-turned/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“How badly i needed to see what was in my head o the page. even if i could barely read it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/how-badly-i-needed-to-see-what-was-in-my-head-o-the-page-even-if-i/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“It was then that i understood what i had to do. i had to find a way to warn you. They have built a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/it-was-then-that-i-understood-what-i-had-to-do-i-had-to-find-a-way-to/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“The mind can only remember what it's willing to remember - because if you are guilty, then the truth is not the thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/the-mind-can-only-remember-what-it-s-willing-to-remember-because-if/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“But thinkin’ you owe people is dangerous business.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/but-thinkin-you-owe-people-is-dangerous-business/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

> [“Where we goin’?” Wade whispers to me as we approach the white picket fence that surrounds the row of wooden crosses. For all I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-dean/where-we-goin-wade-whispers-to-me-as-we-approach-the-white-picket/)

[Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-dean/)

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