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"I am stronger than she is. Strong enough to carry this. It is my responsibility. I was nice to Conrad. I let him in the door. Now everywhere I go I am trapped by the weight of his body."

"I will carry the weight of this shame rather than tell on him. I know my silence protects him. But it also protects me.,"

"'You should both show your scars...They mean you survived.'"

"But grief was like a silver locket with two faces in it. I didn't know what the faces looked like, but it was heavy around my neck. And I never took it off."

"I could tolerate and form of cruelty better than kindness. Praise was a poison to me. I choked on it... the ugliness of me needed to be gived expression. If he could not express it in his voice, I would need to express it in mine."