I've never integrated with this town. I certainly didn't integrate in Sulphur, Louisiana - willfully so.
In fact, I haven't integrated with a place since I was a child.
The places I lived in as a child, Atlanta then New Smyrna Beach, I still feel integrated with them when I go back.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce
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