I would dance around the room to the sound of the AOL dial-up, to help the agonizing time pass quicker. I choreographed a routine from things I learned in ballet: a plié on the beeps; a pas de chat on the thumps. I did it every night when I
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“Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives.”
― Tender Is the Night
― Tender Is the Night
“The problem with living so long is that you see too many people pass before you.”
― Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
― Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
“later that night
i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?
it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.”
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i held an atlas in my lap
ran my fingers across the whole world
and whispered
where does it hurt?
it answered
everywhere
everywhere
everywhere.”
―
“I have a whole life to tell; I have nothing left to lose and few to offend.”
― Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
― Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
“And in the end, we were all just humans, drunk on the idea that love, only love, could heal our brokenness.”
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