“I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and in their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth.”
― Rebecca
― Rebecca
“Besides it’s as nothing to the death of a child. He doesn’t mind telling you his faith was sorely tried. There’s no grief like a parent’s.”
― A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
― A Girl is a Half-formed Thing
“But metaphors can reduce the distance." "We're not metaphors." "I know, but metaphors eliminates what separates you and me.”
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“And they clapped they loved they worshipped him. I picked up sticks out of my hair. Dirt up off my tongue. I felt the loving smears go in. The loving blood. I felt water rushing in my brain. I dead the heart. I am for you alone.”
― A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
― A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing
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