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Well, when you don't have anything, you don't have anything to lose right?

— Samantha ‧ Sixteen Candles

A white feather floats above an open blue denim wallet against coral.
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Having nothing is framed as a strange kind of freedom, since there's nothing left to be taken away. It's a shrug of a line, half consoling and half bleak, ending with a question that seeks agreement. It sounds like a casual, sideways way of coping with disappointment.

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