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“Except heaven is a hope , and eden is a memory .”
“Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.”
“Something about being rejected at Church Camp felt so much more awful than being rejected at school. ”
“How satisfying it is to leave a mark on a blank surface. To make a map of my movement - no matter how temporary.”
“I wanted a heaven. And I grew up striving for that world-- an eternal world- that would wash away my temporary misery.”
“We experience a discomfort that may be foreign to others, but that pain opens up a world of beauty. Wouldn't you think?”
“Underwater, we're drowning victims, struggling over and under each others' bodies. But above, we bob with the tide,undercurrents pulling us just far enough apart ,so that we're drifting parallel bu...”
“Pressed against her I can hear eternity -- hollow, lonely spaces and currents that churn ceaselessly, and the fallen snow welcomes the falling snow with a whispered "Hush".”
