So go ahead. Do it–open the book. See? You see me, right? And I see you. See? I am reading your face, your eyes, your lips. I know the sufferdust on your brow. I can see you reading and I can tell, too, when you are here, when you’re absent, what you’ve read and how it affects you. There is no more hiding. I see your chords–your fractures, your cold gifts, where and when you’ve hurt people and why. It’s all right there–your stories are written right there on your face! . Christopher Boucher
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In this quote, Virginia Woolf is describing how she sees people. She is able to read the emotions of the people around her and knows what they have been reading. She can see them from a distance and knows their stories. The words that she says may seem like something that has nothing to do with people and their lives, but maybe we all need to see the faces behind the words we read. We all want someone to see us and know us, and we all want to be seen and know by others.

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