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“Surviving abuse should have sensitized us to it, and yet the very fact of our survival made it more difficult for us to see it, in our own lives or in the lives of others. It wasn’t as simple as knowing or not knowing.”
― Amy Griffin, The Tell: A Memoir

“Nothing had changed, but everything had changed. The same was true of me.”
― Amy Griffin, The Tell: A Memoir

“The earthworm feels small and insignificant, but it’s an important part of the web of life.”
― Amy Griffin, The Tell: A Memoir

“You remembered the essential truth of it. The part of it that matters. Even if not all the specifics were exactly right. Maybe it doesn’t have to be perfect. Maybe it’s enough that you remembered it at all.”
― Amy Griffin, The Tell: A Memoir