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He sits there. He looks empathetic but there's no active consoling. The tissues are already within reach. I've just had a few tears and I've sobbed uncontrollably.
I used to feel awkward about it but I don't anymore.
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“It's a funny thing... but people mostly have it backward. They think they live by what they want. But really, what guides them is what they're afraid of.” ― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed
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