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> [“She thinks of the way they stood together near the bathroom, how it seemed like they'd been on the brink of something, of everything, like the whole world was changing as they huddled together in the dark. And now here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-e-smith/she-thinks-of-the-way-they-stood-together-near-the-bathroom-how-it/)

[Jennifer E. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-e-smith/)

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> [“One of the things I find strangest and hardest is that we were having such conversations. We should have been talking about discos and electronic mail and exams and bands. How could this have been happening to us? How could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-marsden/one-of-the-things-i-find-strangest-and-hardest-is-that-we-were-having/)

[John Marsden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-marsden/)

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