"My imprint is there for the world to see. I don't try to hide it with my hair or a high collar. When I got ready for school this morning, I kept thinking of Sean. How proud he appears. Unapologetic. And I want to be like that. I don't want to look cowed or ashamed. I may not want to be this, but I don't want to be that girl, either. I don't want to be afraid."
"The heart that truly loves never forgets."
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Source: Sophie Jordan (2012). “Vanish”, p.4, Oxford University Press - Children
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