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Hard thoughts are held in small words.
If it’s possible to have a reading hangover, I have one.
Once you’ve held a book and really loved it, you forever remember the feel of it, its specific weight, the way it sits in your hand.
“Why the hell don’t people understand there are some things you don’t talk about? You keep it to yourself so you hurt fewer people. You’re supposed to pay with guilt. Guilt is penance,” she says.
We carry our families like anchors, rooting us in storms, making sure we never drift from where and who we are. We carry our families within us the way we carry our breath underwater, keeping us afloat, keeping us alive.
