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I shouldn't have taken a vow of silence, I told myself. What did I want? Nothing much. Just a memorial. But what is a memorial, when you come right do...more

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I thought my heart was pure. We do like to have such good opinions of our own motives when we're about to do something harmful, to someone else.

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But what is a memorial, when you come right down to it, but a commemoration of wounds endured? Endured, and resented. Without memory, there can be no ...more