Sometimes we get sad about things and we don’t like to tell other people that we are sad about them. We like to keep it a secret. Or sometimes, we are sad but we really don’t know why we are sad, so we say we aren’t sad but we really are.
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Mark Haddon, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Some experiences just need to be left in peace, they’re fragile as a cobweb and cannot tolerate either thoughts or words. You just have to be satisfied with letting them flicker in a corner of your awareness now and then.
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Majgull Axelsson, from April Witch (via violentwavesofemotion)
