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His Distress And Pleasure Mixed And Married, Giving Birth To Several Anxious Children.

Gestating Characters Feels Something Like The Mental Equivalent Of Gestating A Baby. In Both Cases, To Create Them You Lose Yourself. Or At Least You Reshape Yourself To Encompass Them.

There Were Certain Qualities You Possessed Carelessly. And You Couldn't Retrieve Them When They Were Gone. The Very Act Of Caring Made Them Impossible To Regain.

He Was The Strangest Of Strangers In That He Was Also Her Oldest Friend.

But Then She Hadn’t Just Learned To Love This Summer – She Had Also Learned How To Need.