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Matchmaking for Beginners
by Maddie Dawson

“”...Words are a good first step. They have a lot of power. You can summon things by believing in them. First you visualize them being true, and then they come true. You’ll see.”

She kisses me on both cheeks and then heads through the door, but when she gets there she turns around and says, “Oh, I meant to tell you. You need a mantra to help you. You can borrow mine, if you want: ‘Whatever happens, love that.’”” (p. 38)

“Me, I love how the city wakes up merely two hours after it went to sleep, and the way the b:43 bus roars around the corner and hits the pothole - the same pothole - every single morning. And how the dance of the city means you never know who’s going to show up next on your street, in your life.” (p. 366)

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