“I was running from one problem or place to another, with no time left to study, or sleep, or just breathe. I felt pulled in all directions, fighting to keep all these obligations circling in the air above me. It was only a matter of time before something fell.”

—  Sarah Dessen, book Dreamland

Source: Dreamland (2000)

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