“Apparently I couldn’t even pretend to be normal.”

“No one is normal. Everyone is just pretending to be normal.”

“If I pretended to be "normal" and behaved just like everybody else, if I masked my emotions and smiled a lot, even if I felt disconsolate, nobody would be able to tell”

“Once more, we were to start anew in the world. I was afraid they would come back for me if they realized that their devices were faulty, so I played their game. I pretended to forget New Haven. I pretended to forget my friends. I even pretended to forget Chase. Most importantly, I pretended that I couldn’t feel the emotions of those around me or bend the laws of gravity with my mind.”

“It was strange, really. A couple months ago, I had thought I couldn’t live without him. Apparently I could.”

“I was never normal, but I liked to pretend that I was. It usually took a few months before everyone else caught on.”