A strange emptiness filled the silent dining room. I envied the protest group their sense of belonging, their faith in each other and in their cause. Compared with them I felt numb with loneliness.
“Even when the event was completely out of her control, even when the other party was blatantly overstepping her bounds, she always found a way to blame herself. Always felt this nagging sense of guilt for everything, as if her very existence was a violation of some stone-etched decree.”
― We Used to Live Here
― We Used to Live Here
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