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After a lifetime of keeping the parts of himself separate, now they all bled into each other in an unstaunchable haemorrhage.

the pacing just became very odd

‘The gaze requires no words at all; it is an honest meeting.’

Sometimes, love aches. You’re not sad but bowled over.

the wearying practice of being looked at, not seen.

‘do you question it? Or do you dance, even when you don’t know the song?’

‘You say words with your chest and know there is power in your voice. You say words with your chest and trust yourself. You speak and realise that, in slowing down to speak, you can breathe.’

‘You’re looking forward to forgetting that, leaving the house, you might not return intact.’

‘it’s easier for you to hide in your own darkness, than emerge cloaked in your own vulnerability. Not better, but easier. However, the longer you hold it in, the more likely you are so suffocate. At some point, you must breathe.’