...Mama. Some days l feel different than the day before.
Everybody feels different about themselves, one way or another. But we're all going the same way. Just taking different roads to get there, that's all. You're on your own road, Benjamin....
...You were all alone? Plenty of time you'll be alone. When you're different like us, it's gonna be that way.But l'll tell you a little secret. Fat people, skinny people, tall people, white people, they're just as alone as we are. But they're scared shitless....
...lt's funny how sometimes the people we remember the least make the greatest impression on us....
...There were many changes. Some you could see, some you couldn't....
...lt sure made me understand the value of earning a living. Things money can buy you....
...Growing up's a funny thing. Sneaks up on you. One person is there, then suddenly somebody else has taken her place. She wasn't all elbows and knees anymore...
...Benjamin, we're meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?...
...But every night, we'd meet again in that lobby. A hotel in the middle of the night can be a magical place. A mouse running, and stopping. A radiator hissing. A curtain blowing. There's something peaceful, even comforting knowing that the people you love are asleep in their beds where nothing can harm them....
...lt's a funny thing about coming home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You realize what's changed is you....
...Our lives are defined by opportunities. Even the ones we miss...
...You can be mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You can swear and curse the Fates. But when it comes to the end, you have to let go...
...Sometimes we're on a collision course and we just don't know it. Whether it's by accident or by design, there's not a thing we can do about it. But, life being what it is,a series of intersecting livesand incidentsout of anyone's control...
...You haven't said two words. l don't want to ruin it...
...What? What are you thinking?
Well, l was thinking how nothing lasts.
And what a shame that is.
Some things last...
...For what it's worth, it's never too late,or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be.There's no time limit. Start whenever you want.You can change or stay the same.There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. And l hope you make the best of it. l hope you see things that startle you. l hope you feel things you never felt before. l hope you meet people with a different point of view. l hope you live a life you're proud of. And if you find that you're not, l hope you have the strength to start all over again...
...And as l knew l would, l watched her go...
...l have a feeling there's a lot of things l can't remember.
Well, like what, sugar?
lt's like there's this whole life l had, and l can't remember what it was.
lt's okay. lt's okay to forget things....
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