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When did a smile ever get anyone into trouble?
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How can I say what it was like to breathe again? I felt newborn. I staggered in the light of the world and took deep gulps of fresh sea air. It was late in the day: the wet mouth of the afternoon was full on my face. My soul blossomed in that brief moment as they led me out of doors. I fell, my skirts in the mud, and I turned my face upwards as if in prayer. I could have wept from the relief of light.
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If I believed everything everyone had ever told me about my family I'd be a sight more miserable than I am now
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It’s not fair. People claim to know you through the things you’ve done, and not by sitting down and listening to you speak for yourself.
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No doves come from ravens’ eggs
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A bubble of fear passes up my spine. It's the feeling of standing on ice and suddenly hearing it crack under your weight - both thrilling and terrifying together.
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I don’t want to be remembered, I want to be here!
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I can turn to that day as though it were a page in a book. It’s written so deeply upon my mind I can almost taste the ink.
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A bubble of fear passes up my spine. It’s the feeling of standing on ice and suddenly hearing it crack under your weight – both thrilling and terrifying together.
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