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He was never able to explain what the cutting did for him in a way he'd understand: how it was a form of punishment and also of cleansing, how if allowed him to drain everything toxic and spoiled from himself, how it kept him from being irrationally angry at others, at everyone, how it kept him from shouting, from violence, how it made him feel like his body, his life, was truly his and no one else's.
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― A Little Life
― A Little Life
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The good news is you survived. The bad news is you're hurt and no one can heal you but yourself.
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― Mouthful of Forevers
― Mouthful of Forevers
