The only thing that kept me from wanting to die was the fact that I could leave my body and be in a body that worked perfectly for a while — -better … - Gabrielle Zevin

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The only thing that kept me from wanting to die was the fact that I could leave my body and be in a body that worked perfectly for a while — -better than perfectly, actually — -with a set of problems that were not my own."
"You couldn't land at the top of a pole, but Mario could."
"Exactly. I could save the princess, even when I could barely get out of bed. So, I do want to be rich and famous. I am, as you know, a bottomless pit of ambition and need. But I also want to make something sweet. Something kids like us would have wanted to play to forget their troubles for a while.