11. "It hurts how life goes on, unknowing."
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12. "How else can hopes go but up?"
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13. "When someone is upset, it’s not a good time to bring up your own problems."
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14. "Sometimes I wish someone would invent a pill so David’d wake up one morning without autism, like someone waking from a long coma, and he’d say, Jeez, Catherine, where have I been?"
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15. "Not everything worth keeping needs to be useful"
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16. "rules"
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17. "When you say something stupid, gloss over it with superfast talking and maybe no one’ll notice."
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18. "Cathrine pretty today. I nod, yes it's a very pretty day. Jason touches my arm. Cathrine pretty."
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19. "Sometimes people don’t answer because they didn’t hear you. Other times it’s because they don’t want to hear you."
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20. "Looking closer can make something beautiful."
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