"I learned to swallow words back, hold secrets on my tongue until they dissolved like soap bubbles."

Secrets, Silence, Word, Suppression

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"I learned to swallow words back, hold secrets on my tongue until they dissolved like soap bubbles."

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"And you can't love, not fully, unless you are loved in return."

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"Everything else is nothing."

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"Do the other kids make fun of you? For how you talk?''Sometimes.''So why don't you do something about it? You could learn to talk differently, you know.'But this is my voice. How would you be able to tell when I was talking?"

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"Every choice is limited. That's life."

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