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“You must be careful with that, Roos. It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a person.”
I wanted to eat her up and drink her in. I was hungry for her touch and her words and her love. That’s very different from collecting shells or butterflies.”
With Agnes, my body no longer was an inconvenience to be brutalised into submission. It was as if she had woken me from a deep slumber with that lover’s kiss at the séance. Is it any wonder that I loved her, that I wanted her to be happy?
