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“I walk past these white walls back to my room. The windows down the hallway shine their light and make rectangles on the floor. They angle themselves to the sun, so we never lose track of where the light comes in.”
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“That feeling will come again—that feeling of not being enough for you. And I’ll sweep it up in me and then let it sweep out. I’ll try not to own it. I’ll not bear its heaviness.”
― Separate Things: A Memoir
― Separate Things: A Memoir

“I wonder how many moments like this I missed when my mind succumbed to my illness. I want to soak you in now that I can. I want to hear everything you’re saying, and I want to feel everything that you’re not.”
― Separate Things: A Memoir
― Separate Things: A Memoir

“The walls I’d built around myself were now paper thin, like butter#y wings. They were iridescent, and shimmery. It was beautiful the way you tore down my old walls and painted this for me.”
― Separate Things: A Memoir
― Separate Things: A Memoir

“I love the wind and how hard it can exhale. I love the noise it creates, and the lack of other noises I can hear when it blows.”
― Separate Things: A Memoir
― Separate Things: A Memoir

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