I felt the crumpled paper that had taken the place of my lungs expand as if released from a fist.
AIMEE BENDERIt is so often surprising, who rescues you at your lowest moments.
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But the sky is interesting, it changes all the time.
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And the warmth of the music inside her, did she believe, for even one glorious second, that her passion had arrived?
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If everything kept to its normal progression, we would live with the sadness-cry and then walk-but what really breaks us cleanest are the losses that happen out of order.
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There’s a gift in your lap and it’s beautifully wrapped and it’s not your birthday.
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It seemed to happen in springs, the revealing of things.
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I want to be violated by insight.
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That at the same time of this very intimate act of concentrating so carefully on the details of our mother’s palm and fingertips.
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That’s the thing with handmade items. They still have the person’s mark on them, and when you hold them, you feel less alone.
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It’s such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.
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I like birthday cake. It’s so symbolic. It’s a tempting symbol to load with something more complicated than just ‘Happy birthday!’ because it’s this emblem of childhood and a happy day.
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Before she knew it was candles, did she think she’d done it herself? With the amazing turns of her hips.
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My lover is experiencing reverse evolution.
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I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.
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Glen Hirshberg’s stories are haunting, absolutely, but not only because of the content.
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I was right at the edge of their circle, like the tail of a Q…
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