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You're 18, you dont know what you want.

— Mr. Stradford · 10 Things I Hate About You

A tilted glass jar containing a golden question mark, resting on plum velvet.
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The speaker tells an eighteen-year-old that the listener does not know what they want. That is the speaker’s judgment about uncertainty, not proof of every young person’s capacities. Readable archived spelling and credit remain.

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