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And I've fallen. So hard. I've hit the ground. Gone right through it. Never in my life have I felt this. Nothing like this. I've felt shame and cowardice, weakness and strength. I've known terror and indifference, self-hate and general disgust. I've seen things that cannot be unseen. And yet I've known nothing like this terrible, horrible, paralyzing feeling. I feel crippled. Desperate and out of control. And it keeps getting worse. Every day I feel sick. Empty and somehow aching. Love is a heartless bastard. .Tahereh Mafi
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That this girl would know exactly how to shatter me.Tahereh Mafi
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I grieve nothing. I take everything.Tahereh Mafi
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My mind is a warehouse of carefully organized human emotions. I lock away the things that do not serve me.Tahereh Mafi
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My thoughts, I think, will soon be sound. My mind, I hope, will soon be found.Tahereh Mafi
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I am not myself. My thoughts are tangled in words that are not my own.Tahereh Mafi
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It’s like there are a million screams caught inside of my chest but I have to keep them all in because what’s the point of screaming if you’ll never be heard and no one will ever hear me in here. No one will ever hear me again.Tahereh Mafi
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A tired starving dog so thin and frail it looks like it could be knocked over by the wind. But it's staring at me. Unafraid. Mouth opened. Tongue lolling. I want to laugh out loud. I glanced around quickly before scooping the dog into my arms. I don't need to give my father anymore reasons to castrate me, and I don't trust my soldiers not to report something like this. That I would play with the dog.Tahereh Mafi