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“he'd float into my room in his flannel pajamas, singing ‘Ya madrassa, ya madrassa,’ which means, ‘School, O school’ in Arabic, or, depending on which dictionary you consult, ‘terrorist training camp.’”

cursed “””friend””” (lesbians)

“The truth is I couldn't escape Maddalena. I thought about her all the time, even in ways I was ashamed of: I imagined her rescuing me from the top floor of a burning building, or carrying me away from a battlefield, bombs going off around us, blood everywhere, or watching me twirl in my dress and telling me I was beautiful.”

“I'm sick of hiding in my shell. It's this glass shell that has distanced me from the world, protecting me from it. If l avoid interacting with people more than I need to, then I can avoid getting hurt more than I need to as well.”
feeling #called-out