the weight we carry
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Neil joined drama because he wanted to perform, shockingly enough. As if he didn't do plenty of that at home.
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- Part 1 of the weight we carry
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"Ah," Keating says. He nods knowingly and adjusts his hat. "The Dead Poets Society. A place for those dedicated to sucking all the marrow out of life, those committed to the enchantment of poetry and drawn together by their passion. We made the long trek to the cave of Henley Park and wrought magic in the night, everything from Ginsberg to Whitman to our own works."
"You mean it was a bunch of guys sitting around, getting high and reading poetry?" Charlie asks.
Keating shrugs. "It was the seventies."
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- Part 2 of the weight we carry
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"Honestly Knoxious, just ask her already," Charlie says around a mouthful of fries. "If you don't hurry up, someone else is gonna ask her, and then you're gonna end up taking your mom to prom."
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- Part 3 of the weight we carry
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It's easy enough to do it and stay put. It's the theatrical comeback in broad day to the same place, the same face, the same brute. Amused shout: 'A miracle!' That knocks me out.
—Sylvia Plath, "Lady Lazarus"
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- Part 4 of the weight we carry
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Chris closes her locker and decides this is it. Enough of the procrastination and talking herself out of it. Today is the day she breaks up with Knox Overstreet.
Oh god, she can't do it.
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- Part 5 of the weight we carry
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When the first letter had arrived, Charlie had assumed there'd been some mistake.
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- Part 6 of the weight we carry
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Dear Mom and Dad, I'm trying to tell you something, and I'm having a hard time because it's kind of a big deal. It's not that big of a deal! It might be a big deal. I don't know.
—Fun Home, "Party Dress"
Todd writes letters when he has important things to say. This is the most important. Probably.
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- Part 7 of the weight we carry
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If anything in the apartment is missing or fucked up or in the wrong place, it's safe to assume it's because of Charlie.
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- Part 8 of the weight we carry
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Living with Todd for the past four months has taught Neil some things. Todd, for example, is as much of a morning person as Neil hates getting out of bed before ten. Living with Todd for the past four days has also taught Neil some things—namely, that air freshener completely saturates the air after about the third time one sprays it all across a room.
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- Part 9 of the weight we carry
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A week in the life of Ginny Danbury, as told by her sweaters.
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- Part 10 of the weight we carry
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Charlie spends the last few days before Stephen returns imagining how it’s going to go. They picture running through the airport and dipping him into a kiss, a suitcase covered in stickers to symbolize all his travels falling over at their feet. Needless to say, their mind is running rampant straight off the edge of a cliff.
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- Part 11 of the weight we carry
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"We're bad at the whole romance thing."
"That's for sure."Series
- Part 12 of the weight we carry
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"I'm not doing this."
"Don't be so dramatic."Series
- Part 13 of the weight we carry
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A brief history of Todd Anderson and his relationships with those important to him, literally in his own words.
(Takes place over the span of the entire series, so spoiler warning if you're worried about those.)
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- Part 14 of the weight we carry