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“X was not exactly a person to me yet, but a possibility, a different way of life. I defied her then and for a long time after, believed her to be an oracle, almost inhuman. Now it is so clear to me that love is the opposite of deification, that it erodes persona down to its mortal root. She was always human, difficult as it was for me to admit that; I made so much trouble for myself by refusing to see it.”
― Catherine Lacey, Biography of X

“She took my hand and looked briefly at me. Years lay between us.”
― Catherine Lacey, Biography of X

“This cowardice, unknowingness in the face of mu own feelings is why I betray those I love, verbally, when I refused to express my feelings for them.”
― Catherine Lacey, Biography of X

“But what good is this after-death clarity? Must this be the way that people see one another-can we get a clear image only once we're too far away to touch?”
― Catherine Lacey, Biography of X