Dream Versus Reality
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"Do you really think that what I'm doing in its entirety is rational? We are both on this train so it can shield us from the reality. It's the vessel of our dreaming and escapism."
Callie Katsaros' family has expectations. They want, force rather, Callie into things she doesn't want to do. She has traditional guidelines for herself by them. But one day it's all too much for her. Why can't her dreams be parallel with reality?
It is then that Callie decides to take a long journey by train south-bound the western coast of the United States to find out how to make her dreams reality. With the help of a writing obsessed guy named Quinn, Callie will find her way in the world navigating the ups-and downs of ordinary life.
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