It was starting to seem to her that being forward-thinking too often involved avoiding any kind of thought at all - especially about things that might benefit from a great deal of thinking.

~ Kristin Cashore

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How about we never talk about what happened and why I feel the way I feel. We just pretend that everything is fine and I just scrub myself red every night, allowing my mind and body to retreat into oblivion. Yup sounds like the perfect plan.

~ Astrid Lee Miles

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