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I will still be able to hear all the noise from the world beyond – the roar of traffic mothers controlling their children, couples arguing, groups of drunken men singing the whole of ambulances and police cars – and realise nothing, in truth, separates me from the madness outside;once I am within the boundary protected as strange as the sounds, I belong to it maybe it is the smell of safety.

Chaotic family dynamics are always so interesting. Especially seeing how they play out in different cultures.

“In the future there will be other occasions in other places far from here, and he will grow accustomed to it but for now the sensation is new”

“Maybe he is afraid of this liberation, and what it might lead to“m
“For many years he has earned for someone to touch him in this way – for the freedom he will experience”