Cate MarvinWe lay our words like tenuous plats, build a bridge over itsunsinkable depth: Not a sea of longing, but the brack of wanting what’s physicalto help us forget we are physical.
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The desire to be someone other than who you are is one of the most powerful desires in the human heart. This desire is at its strongest when you are trying to break away from who you are and pretend to be someone else. The desire to be someone different from yourself is a desire that is built upon a lie.
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