No One Can Know

by Kate Alice Marshall

Worry when it looks perfect, because that means you’ve caught up with your own ambition and judgment. Dissatisfaction is the engine of creativity.

When had she decided that it was better to be miserable than to be alone, she wondered. Or had that always been the price she was paying?

Because they could go on as they were, and she could keep it quiet, this horrible thing she knew.

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