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'There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story insude you', wrote Angelou. Silence is pain. But it is a pain with an exit route. We can't speak, we can write. When we can't write, we can read. When we can't read, we can listen. Words are seeds. Language is a way back to life. And it is sometimes the mosr vital comfort we have.

The hardest questionI have ever been asked is: 'How do I stay alive for other people if I have no one?' The answer is that you stay alive for other versions of you. For the people you will meet, yes, sure, but also the people you will be.