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> [“Something changed then. I saw my life in scale: it was just my life. It was not momentous, and only now did I recognize that it had once seemed so to me; that was while my father was watching. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/something-changed-then-i-saw-my-life-in-scale-it-was-just-my-life-it/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

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## More by Melissa Banks

> [“You are making it harder than it has to be," she says. I say, "And should I forgive him because it would be easier?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/you-are-making-it-harder-than-it-has-to-be-she-says-i-say-and-should/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

> [“I realized I was waiting for his permission to leave”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/i-realized-i-was-waiting-for-his-permission-to-leave/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

> [“It doesn't work like that," she said, and I was hoping she would tell me how it did work. Maybe she could see that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/it-doesn-t-work-like-that-she-said-and-i-was-hoping-she-would-tell-me/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

> [“Does he make you happy?" "Sure", I said. He told me I didn't know what real happiness was. "You have to shrink yourself to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/does-he-make-you-happy-sure-i-said-he-told-me-i-didn-t-know-what-real/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

> [“But then you hear that he can't hear you, you see that he can't see you. You are not here - and you haven't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/but-then-you-hear-that-he-can-t-hear-you-you-see-that-he-can-t-see-2/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

> [“Bored … nearly to death”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/bored-nearly-to-death/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

> [“Something changed then. I saw my life in scale: it was just my life. It was not momentous, and only now did I recognize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/something-changed-then-i-saw-my-life-in-scale-it-was-just-my-life-it/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

> [“..Well, old dear, I guess love is the real suspension of disbelief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/well-old-dear-i-guess-love-is-the-real-suspension-of-disbelief/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

> [“I tried to go back and talk about what I did know. I told her about one girl he'd brought home from Cornell; I'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/i-tried-to-go-back-and-talk-about-what-i-did-know-i-told-her-about/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

> [“He went to the bar and stood there a while. But he was in the way of people getting their drinks. He moved to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-banks/he-went-to-the-bar-and-stood-there-a-while-but-he-was-in-the-way-of/)

[Melissa Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melissa-banks/)

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