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“The walls I’d built around myself were now paper thin, like butter#y wings. They were iridescent, and shimmery. It was beautiful the way you tore down my old walls and painted this for me.”
― Separate Things: A Memoir
― Separate Things: A Memoir
“I wonder how many moments like this I missed when my mind succumbed to my illness. I want to soak you in now that I can. I want to hear everything you’re saying, and I want to feel everything that you’re not.”
― Separate Things: A Memoir
― Separate Things: A Memoir
“That feeling will come again—that feeling of not being enough for you. And I’ll sweep it up in me and then let it sweep out. I’ll try not to own it. I’ll not bear its heaviness.”
― Separate Things: A Memoir
― Separate Things: A Memoir
“I love the wind and how hard it can exhale. I love the noise it creates, and the lack of other noises I can hear when it blows.”
― Separate Things: A Memoir
― Separate Things: A Memoir
“I wanted to ventilate my deep feelings about song lyrics and dark poets. I wanted to take my socks off and dance in the forest. I wanted to drink wine until my lips went numb so kisses would feel deeper. I wanted to do everything dreamers do.”
― Separate Things: A Memoir
― Separate Things: A Memoir
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