"I press my eyes shut and will the thoughts away. But they refuse to comply, and instead, they lodge themselves in the crevasses of my brain, poking out just enough that I know they're still with me, like a tiny splinter in your baby toe that gnaws away at you with every step you take."

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Source : Allison Winn Scotch (2008). “Time of My Life: A Novel”, p.12, Broadway Books

Allison Winn Scotch

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