“I was starting to think I was making up memories, just to have answers.
Our brain does that sometimes.
Or at least mine does.”

— David Levithan, book Every You, Every Me

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“I was starting to think I was making up memories, just to have answers.Our brain does that sometimes.Or at least mine does.”

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“I was starting to think I was making up memories, just to have answers.
Our brain does that sometimes.
Or at least mine does.”