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> [This is what I think. Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you want, but it's a fucked-up way, like a rat in a maze. We all want the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/this-is-what-i-think-addiction-is-just-a-way-of-trying-to-get-at/)

[Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/)

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## More by Tess Callahan

> [“It hurts not because she is a failure, but because he finally sees so.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/it-hurts-not-because-she-is-a-failure-but-because-he-finally-sees-so/)

[Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/)

> [“All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush up against something blue, the barest touch, and voila, the rest of your life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/all-your-life-you-re-yellow-then-one-day-you-brush-up-against/)

[Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/)

> [“It's like this," Nana says. "All your life you're yellow. Then one day you brush up against something blue, the barest touch, and voila,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/it-s-like-this-nana-says-all-your-life-you-re-yellow-then-one-day-you/)

[Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/)

> [“I'm not saying that you think about it all the time. It just leaves you different than it found you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/i-m-not-saying-that-you-think-about-it-all-the-time-it-just-leaves/)

[Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/)

> [“Remember him, April. Even when you can’t picture his face anymore, you owe each other prayers. And I’m not talking about sappy, sentimental stuff.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/remember-him-april-even-when-you-can-t-picture-his-face-anymore-you/)

[Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/)

> [“Because we're all rainbow-colored inside, each of us a different arrangement, of course. The kiss just makes all the colors more concentrated, so intense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/because-we-re-all-rainbow-colored-inside-each-of-us-a-different/)

[Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/)

> [This is what I think. Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else. Something bigger. Call it transcendence if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/this-is-what-i-think-addiction-is-just-a-way-of-trying-to-get-at/)

[Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/)

> [“He was so close she could almost hear the movement of his thoughts, the role of the tide; she had slipped inside his skin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/he-was-so-close-she-could-almost-hear-the-movement-of-his-thoughts/)

[Tess Callahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tess-callahan/)

> [“Infatuation burns itself out,' she says. 'Friendship mixed with old chemistry--that can last a lifetime.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tess-callahan/infatuation-burns-itself-out-she-says-friendship-mixed-with-old/)

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