“Sometimes you don't even know what you want until you find out you can't have it.”
Meghan O'Rourke (1976) American writer
Source: The Long Goodbye
“… You can't unlearn something, even if you want to. You know what you know.”
— Sarah Dessen, book Along for the Ride
Source: Along for the Ride
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