The Counselors Jessica Goodman Quotes

For a second, I wonder if they know me at all—or if I’ve changed so much that I barely remember myself.

I made peace with the fact that I was tossed out of a world that I never really wanted to be in in the first place.

rescinding

Some kids are chosen at birth. Each town has them. Babies who come out all fresh and clean and start their lives with the subconscious understanding that, without a doubt, they will be special. Their lives will be easy. They will have wide smiles and long eyelashes, and they’ll be able to talk to anyone. They will find it easy to make people laugh, to disarm new acquaintances, to charm. They will be magnetic. Electric. Explosive. They will have a way about them that pulls you close.