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"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"

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"They said, 'Peaches, come up here, you got some mail.'"

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“I don't see him as a symbol. In some way that takes him away from me.”

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“I don't see him as a symbol. In some way that takes him away from me.”

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“I was right there between two cultures that I love.”

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“I was right there between two cultures that I love.”

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"He threw his car keys, his credit card, and all the cash he had on hand at my feet."

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"He threw his car keys, his credit card, and all the cash he had on hand at my feet."

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"My brothers were like my soul mates."

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"My brothers were like my soul mates."

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"When you came home, if it's not best day ever, it's top five."

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"When you came home, if it's not best day ever, it's top five."

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"I heard the door rattle, and I see you coming in."

"I heard the door rattle, and I see you coming in."

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"Here in the States, I don't even know how to talk to people."

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"Here in the States, I don't even know how to talk to people."

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“I remember thinking that if I had a magic wand this is where I would use it.”

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“I remember thinking that if I had a magic wand this is where I would use it.”

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"You told me to keep pushing through and we got into an argument."

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"You told me to keep pushing through and we got into an argument."

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"It felt like I had a knife stuck in the middle of my brain."

"It felt like I had a knife stuck in the middle of my brain."

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"Maybe if I had come back the same, things wouldn’t have turned out the way they did."

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"Maybe if I had come back the same, things wouldn’t have turned out the way they did."