“They weren't true stories; they were better than that.”
“She wishes that it were true, all of it. That it were more than just a story. That is was their story.”
“This true difference in me now: I had these experiances, these tales, more of this life. So maybe it wasn't the fairy tale. But those stories weren't real anyway. Mine were.”
“Some people remember the sixties better than others do. Some weren't even there, some who were there were not really there, and some who were not really there were "really there".”
“The dark emotions everyone hid in their depths weren't all of who they really were. They weren't their true selves.”
“She wondered why they didn't understand that their true selfs were good enough, and if they weren't, then the someones they weren't good enough for, were really the ones not good enough.”