“Loneliness is my specialty, like trembling is that of an earthquake, or how a closet is supposed to hide all the right parts of me.”

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“And Grandpa, he’s got it too. I never correct him when he gets my name wrong. At least I remind him of someone, right?”

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“Beware of men who enjoy girls who do not love themselves.
Surely, they will mistake your skin for an eclipse that you are ashamed
to witness.”

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“The world is trying to kill you.
It is trying to do this by stealing your voice.”

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“Your father teaches you how to be the first one to walk away. Leave, before they realize you were not worth staying for.”

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“How can you even enjoy the tender caress of a young maiden when you can’t even brush against her without your ashy nipples igniting a fire in her baby hairs?”

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