#katherine lin

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'What are my duties?' 'The normal ones,' I said. 'You have to save me.' 'You need saving?' 'I do.' . . . 'And after I save you? Then what?' 'Well, then I'll owe you.' 'What will I get?' I shrugged. 'Whatever you want. You saved my life, after all. I'll even be brave and swim across the sea to see you if you ask.' 'Who says I'll be there when you get there, waiting for you?' 'I'll wait for you, then,' I said. 'I'll wait on my knees at your doorstep until you come home.'

Katherine Lin, from You Can't Stay Here Forever

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I wanted to talk to her.

Katherine Lin, from You Can’t Stay Here Forever

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She's very interested in the abstract and philosophical side of concepts. But she has trouble finding her footing in the real world.

Katherine Lin, from You Can't Stay Here Forever

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My whole body yearned for him with such a fervor that my skin felt painful . . . At the same time, I was ashamed that I wanted him, that I missed him so much.

Katherine Lin, from You Can't Stay Here Forever

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And the thing is, it's not that I didn't feel like I had anything important to say. I actually felt like I always had things to say. The problem was I thought too much about when and where to say them, and by the time I had decided, the conversation had usually moved on.

Katherine Lin, from You Can't Stay Here Forever

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She is so many things, and I feel like I am only one thing.

Katherine Lin, from You Can't Stay Here Forever

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Her rants usually ended with no answer. Instead, they'd end on an emotional note: she would say she hated all men, and then all of society. I didn't ask to be born, she'd say.

Katherine Lin, from You Can't Stay Here Forever

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He was very attractive, but there was also a distinct way he held his face that emitted a sense of gentleness that was almost unnerving.

Katherine Lin, from You Can't Stay Here Forever