laura veirs

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"a bizarre sensation pervades a relationship of pretense. no truth seems true. a simple morning's greeting and response appear loaded with innuendo and fraught with implications. each nicety becomes more sterile and each withdrawal more permanent."--maya angelou



"maybe, the way that we all deal with each other, maybe if other people were looking onto us from a different star system and they could see us and talk to us, what they see about us... i'd be fascinated to know, because sometimes... i don't understand why it's so difficult to communicate with people, even speaking the same language. sometimes it's so much easier to talk to people who don't speak the same language, because -- i don't know.
maybe the words get in the way."--tori amos



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