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Age Difference
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Though later I'd decide this was noncommittal, evasive, at the time it struck me as generous, a swelling in my chest, another unfamiliar feeling -- assurance, or security, or trust. we were in this together, we'd figure it out, and that made our love seem durable.
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― Thirst for Salt
― Thirst for Salt
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Rolling back over with a sigh. If you could, you'd follow me into dreams, he said, and I hated that he saw me that way, as someone always trailing behind, like a little sister, where I wanted us to be equals -- like my mother had said about herself and my father, twins.
Sometimes I think you must have seen it all before. That I can't show you anything new.
You show me things I've forgotten, he said. Which is almost the same. Maybe even better. And anyway, don't forget I was young too.
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― Thirst for Salt
― Thirst for Salt
