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Knowing this secret, being the only one chosen to know, makes me feel important in a way. But it’s a negative importance, it’s the importance of a bla...more

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A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

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But unshed tears can turn rancid. So can memory. So can biting your tongue. My bad nights were beginning. I couldn't sleep.

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The best way of keeping a secret is to pretend there isn't one.

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A Tennyson garden, heavy with scent, languid; the return of the word swoon.

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Then we had the irises, rising beautiful and cool on their tall stalks, like blown glass, like pastel water momentarily frozen in a splash, light blue...more

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And if I talk to him, I'll say something wrong, give something away. I can feel it coming, a betrayal of myself.