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I am so used to hints and mixed messages, saying things that might mean what they sort of sound like they mean. games and contests, roles and rituals, talking in twelve languages at once so the true words won't be so obvious. i am not used to a plainspoken, honest truth.
-David Levithan
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I Am So Used To Hints And

David Levithan
I am so used to hints and mixed messages, saying things that might mean what they sort of sound like they mean. games and contests, roles and rituals, talking in twelve languages at once so the true words won't be so obvious. i am not used to a plainspoken, honest truth.
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