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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I was oblivious back then, doing my best to follow his lead, and he saw no problem framing me as a troubled girl with a crush, knowing what it would do to me.”

101. “I was oblivious back then, doing my best to follow his lead, and he saw no problem framing me as a troubled girl with a crush, knowing what it would do to me.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I even do laundry on a regular basis and don’t let it get to the point where I have to wear bikini bottoms as underwear.”

102. “I even do laundry on a regular basis and don’t let it get to the point where I have to wear bikini bottoms as underwear.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “She looks up at me then, her eyes two blue pools. “What could we have done? We were just girls.” I know what she means – not that we were helpless by choice, but that the world forced us to be.”

103. “She looks up at me then, her eyes two blue pools. “What could we have done? We were just girls.” I know what she means – not that we were helpless by choice, but that the world forced us to be.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Does he really believe he’d ever go to prison, a Harvard-educated, well-spoken white man?”

104. “Does he really believe he’d ever go to prison, a Harvard-educated, well-spoken white man?”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “At night after my parents go to bed, I stand in front of my bedroom mirror, study my face and hair and try to see myself as Mr. Strane sees me, a girl with maple-red hair who wears nice dresses and has good style, but I can’t get past the sight of myself as a pale, freckled child.”

105. “At night after my parents go to bed, I stand in front of my bedroom mirror, study my face and hair and try to see myself as Mr. Strane sees me, a girl with maple-red hair who wears nice dresses and has good style, but I can’t get past the sight of myself as a pale, freckled child.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I assume I’ll be the one he turns to in ten or fifteen years, whenever his body begins to break down. That seems the likely ending to this love story: me dropping everything and doing anything, devoted as a dog, as he takes and takes and takes.”

106. “I assume I’ll be the one he turns to in ten or fifteen years, whenever his body begins to break down. That seems the likely ending to this love story: me dropping everything and doing anything, devoted as a dog, as he takes and takes and takes.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “He says, “It wasn’t the same with them, do you understand? It wasn’t like how it was with you. I loved you, Vanessa. I loved you.”

107. “He says, “It wasn’t the same with them, do you understand? It wasn’t like how it was with you. I loved you, Vanessa. I loved you.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “It’s both creepy and out of my control, this ability I have to notice so much about other people when I’m positive no one notices anything at all about me.”

108. “It’s both creepy and out of my control, this ability I have to notice so much about other people when I’m positive no one notices anything at all about me.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I just really need it to be a love story. You know? I really, really need it to be that.”

109. “I just really need it to be a love story. You know? I really, really need it to be that.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “What would she do? It’s a question that’s more like a maze, one I can get lost in at the sight of any teenage girl. If her teacher tried to touch her, would she react the way she should, shove his hand away and flee? Or would she let her body go limp until he was through? I try sometimes to imagine another girl doing what I did – sink into the pleasure of it, crave it, build her life around it – but I can’t. My brain hits a dead end, the maze swallowed by darkness. Unthinkable. Unspeakable.”

110. “What would she do? It’s a question that’s more like a maze, one I can get lost in at the sight of any teenage girl. If her teacher tried to touch her, would she react the way she should, shove his hand away and flee? Or would she let her body go limp until he was through? I try sometimes to imagine another girl doing what I did – sink into the pleasure of it, crave it, build her life around it – but I can’t. My brain hits a dead end, the maze swallowed by darkness. Unthinkable. Unspeakable.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I just really need it to be a love story. You know? I really, really need it to be that.” “I know,” she says. “Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it?” I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide-open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.” She stands over me as I say I’m sad, I’m so sad, small, simple words, the only ones that make sense as I clutch my chest like a child and point to where it hurts.”

111. “I just really need it to be a love story. You know? I really, really need it to be that.” “I know,” she says. “Because if it isn’t a love story, then what is it?” I look to her glassy eyes, her face of wide-open empathy. “It’s my life,” I say. “This has been my whole life.” She stands over me as I say I’m sad, I’m so sad, small, simple words, the only ones that make sense as I clutch my chest like a child and point to where it hurts.”

— Kate Elizabeth Russell

Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “When I was nine, I fell from the last tree I ever tried to climb.”

112. “When I was nine, I fell from the last tree I ever tried to climb.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “He says, “Vanessa, when you look back, you’ll remember me as someone who loved you, just one of many. I guarantee your life is going to be so much bigger than me.”

113. “He says, “Vanessa, when you look back, you’ll remember me as someone who loved you, just one of many. I guarantee your life is going to be so much bigger than me.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I don’t feel forced, and I know I have the power to say no, but that isn’t the same as being in charge.”

114. “I don’t feel forced, and I know I have the power to say no, but that isn’t the same as being in charge.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I don’t like the idea of him thinking there are things I don’t understand.”

115. “I don’t like the idea of him thinking there are things I don’t understand.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “It doesn’t matter that my skin crawls from touching him.”

116. “It doesn’t matter that my skin crawls from touching him.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “When people are angry, they’re looking for a fight,” she says. “You act submissive, they back off.”

117. “When people are angry, they’re looking for a fight,” she says. “You act submissive, they back off.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I can’t lose the thing I’ve held on to for so long. You know? I just really need it to be a love story. You know? I really, really need it to be that.”

118. “I can’t lose the thing I’ve held on to for so long. You know? I just really need it to be a love story. You know? I really, really need it to be that.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “So many of my memories from back then are shadowy, incomplete.”

119. “So many of my memories from back then are shadowy, incomplete.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I feel so strongly toward you,” he says. “Sometimes I worry I’ll drop dead from it. It’s stronger than anything I’ve ever felt for any woman. It’s not even in the same universe of feeling.”

120. “I feel so strongly toward you,” he says. “Sometimes I worry I’ll drop dead from it. It’s stronger than anything I’ve ever felt for any woman. It’s not even in the same universe of feeling.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I initially sought out the novel because a musician I adored named it as his favorite in Rolling Stone, but even if I’d never read that interview, I would have found my way to Lolita. Because it’s more than a book; it’s an unavoidable archetype baked into our culture.”

121. “I initially sought out the novel because a musician I adored named it as his favorite in Rolling Stone, but even if I’d never read that interview, I would have found my way to Lolita. Because it’s more than a book; it’s an unavoidable archetype baked into our culture.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Most of the dandelions had changed from suns to moons.”

122. “Most of the dandelions had changed from suns to moons.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “She opens my bottom desk drawer and gasps. It’s full of trash: crumpled papers, food wrappers, used tissues, a blackened banana peel. I’d filled it in a panic a few weeks ago right before room inspections and forgotten to clean it out.”

123. “She opens my bottom desk drawer and gasps. It’s full of trash: crumpled papers, food wrappers, used tissues, a blackened banana peel. I’d filled it in a panic a few weeks ago right before room inspections and forgotten to clean it out.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I tell Ruby I feel like I’ve moved from grieving Strane to grieving myself. My own death. “Part of you died along with him,” she says. “That seems normal.” “No, not part,” I say. “All of me. Everything about me leads back to him. If I cut out the poison, nothing will be left.”

124. “I tell Ruby I feel like I’ve moved from grieving Strane to grieving myself. My own death. “Part of you died along with him,” she says. “That seems normal.” “No, not part,” I say. “All of me. Everything about me leads back to him. If I cut out the poison, nothing will be left.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Het moet een liefdesverhaal blijven. Want als het geen liefdesverhaal is, wat is het dan?”

125. “Het moet een liefdesverhaal blijven. Want als het geen liefdesverhaal is, wat is het dan?”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “It’s just so typical, you know? That way he’d berate himself to make you feel sorry for him.”

126. “It’s just so typical, you know? That way he’d berate himself to make you feel sorry for him.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I haven’t seen him since Christmas, when he told me about Taylor Birch. Over the months there’s been a change in him, his face somehow altered. I search until I find it: his glasses. They’re frameless now, nearly invisible. A pang hits my heart at the thought of him changing something so integral without telling me.”

127. “I haven’t seen him since Christmas, when he told me about Taylor Birch. Over the months there’s been a change in him, his face somehow altered. I search until I find it: his glasses. They’re frameless now, nearly invisible. A pang hits my heart at the thought of him changing something so integral without telling me.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “The whole time, I’d been discarded, unwanted.”

128. “The whole time, I’d been discarded, unwanted.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “He’s the only person who ever understood that desire. Not to die, but to already be dead.”

129. “He’s the only person who ever understood that desire. Not to die, but to already be dead.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “How long were you going to stand there before you said something?”

130. “How long were you going to stand there before you said something?”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Pathetically in love with you.” As soon as he says this, I become someone somebody else is in love with, and not just some dumb boy my own age but a man who has already lived an entire life, who has done and seen so much and still thinks I’m worthy of his love. I feel forced over a threshold, thrust out of my ordinary life into a place where it’s possible for grown men to be so pathetically in love with me they fall at my feet.”

131. “Pathetically in love with you.” As soon as he says this, I become someone somebody else is in love with, and not just some dumb boy my own age but a man who has already lived an entire life, who has done and seen so much and still thinks I’m worthy of his love. I feel forced over a threshold, thrust out of my ordinary life into a place where it’s possible for grown men to be so pathetically in love with me they fall at my feet.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Pathetically in love with you.” As soon as he says this, I become someone somebody else is in love with.”

132. “Pathetically in love with you.” As soon as he says this, I become someone somebody else is in love with.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Putting in the Seed,” and tells us to read this one.”

133. “Putting in the Seed,” and tells us to read this one.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Mom says dwelling in your feelings is no way to live, that there will always be something to be upset about and the secret to a happy life is not to let yourself be dragged down into negativity.”

134. “Mom says dwelling in your feelings is no way to live, that there will always be something to be upset about and the secret to a happy life is not to let yourself be dragged down into negativity.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “For weeks, every time the phone rang, my body braced itself for the inevitable fallout.”

135. “For weeks, every time the phone rang, my body braced itself for the inevitable fallout.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “If you want to talk about luck,” I countered, “try being fifteen and having your soul mate be some old guy.”

136. “If you want to talk about luck,” I countered, “try being fifteen and having your soul mate be some old guy.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Every so often, she holds her breath and listens to check if it’s still happening. When she hears the metal scrape of the bed frame, the slap of skin on skin, she holds the kitten closer, turns back to the rain.”

137. “Every so often, she holds her breath and listens to check if it’s still happening. When she hears the metal scrape of the bed frame, the slap of skin on skin, she holds the kitten closer, turns back to the rain.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “The question slices a painless cut, shockingly clean.”

138. “The question slices a painless cut, shockingly clean.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Alguma coisa que a gente escreve algum dia fica pronta?”

139. “Alguma coisa que a gente escreve algum dia fica pronta?”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov.”

140. “Pale Fire, Vladimir Nabokov.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “I was fifteen and he was forty-two, a near perfect thirty years between us.”

141. “I was fifteen and he was forty-two, a near perfect thirty years between us.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Because I lost things that were important to me,” I say. “While you lost nothing.”

142. “Because I lost things that were important to me,” I say. “While you lost nothing.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Ruby’s far off voice asks me where I have gone, but she knows that it’s the truth that has spooked me, the expanse of it, the starkness. It offers nowhere to hide.”

143. “Ruby’s far off voice asks me where I have gone, but she knows that it’s the truth that has spooked me, the expanse of it, the starkness. It offers nowhere to hide.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Strange to think that for them it’s just another Friday night, how easily their ordinary lives go on, running parallel to my own.”

144. “Strange to think that for them it’s just another Friday night, how easily their ordinary lives go on, running parallel to my own.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “It’s just that I’m depraved, my mind so warped by Strane that I misinterpret innocent favoritism as sexual interest.”

145. “It’s just that I’m depraved, my mind so warped by Strane that I misinterpret innocent favoritism as sexual interest.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Ik zeg het niet, maar soms voel ik me alsof hij precies zo met me omgaat: me uit elkaar haalt en iets nieuws van me maakt.”

146. “Ik zeg het niet, maar soms voel ik me alsof hij precies zo met me omgaat: me uit elkaar haalt en iets nieuws van me maakt.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Break his heart? I try to imagine myself having that power, holding his heart, mine to abuse, but even when I picture it pulsing and pumping in my hands, it’s still the boss of me, leading me around, jerking me this way and that with me clinging and unable to let go.”

147. “Break his heart? I try to imagine myself having that power, holding his heart, mine to abuse, but even when I picture it pulsing and pumping in my hands, it’s still the boss of me, leading me around, jerking me this way and that with me clinging and unable to let go.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “This time of year just makes me feel nuts. Like I’m running out of time or something. Like I’m wasting my life.”

148. “This time of year just makes me feel nuts. Like I’m running out of time or something. Like I’m wasting my life.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Someone so stuck in her own brain, she turns unwilling bystanders into ghosts.”

149. “Someone so stuck in her own brain, she turns unwilling bystanders into ghosts.”

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Kate Elizabeth Russell Quote: “Maybe that’s what this has always been about – not wanting these men but wanting to be them.”

150. “Maybe that’s what this has always been about – not wanting these men but wanting to be them.”

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