"You never give such relationships a thought, To give a thought, to take a thought is a function of dissociation, distance. You can't exercise memory u...
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"And I like your laugh, Sabbath; it’s inaudible.
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"He had no idea of my misery. It would have surprised him to think that I was a human creature with a soul.
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"For in America this season is decreed “family season”. (Eat your hearts out, you pitiable loners who don’t have families!) Melancholy as Thanksgiving ...