A seedling in a terracotta pot beside three paper cups holding progressively taller plants on a coral background.

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Angela Chase

There's the people who you've known forever who, like, know you in this way that other people can't, because they've seen you change...they've let you change.

— My So-Called Life ‧ 1994

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What it means

Our interpretation.

Some people have known you forever, so they understand you in a way newer acquaintances can't. The heart of it is the last part: they didn't just witness your changes, they allowed them, refusing to freeze you as who you used to be.

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