It might even be said one pulls himself together to disintegrate. The scattered particles of self – love, wood thrush calling, homework sums, broken nerves, rag dolls, one Phi Betta Kappa key, gold stars, lamplight smiles, night cries, and the shambles of contemplation – are collected for a split moment like scraps of shrapnel before they explode.
-Peter De Vries
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