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11 Cards in this Set
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Two worlds. At what point did I start to compare? |
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When was it that I was panic-stricken at the thought that I might grow up like my parents? |
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It’s worse than a foreign language [...] I understood nearly all the teacher said,but I wouldn’t have thought of putting it like that myself, nor would my parents [...] Real language was what I heard at home, booze, fed your face, get screwed, the old bitch, give us a kiss my little sweetheart |
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There’s a monster growing between my legs, a flat, red cockroach, unclean.. |
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The church is like the most beautiful, clean house imaginable... |
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Cupping her hands, she whispers dreadful things in my ear that I pass on to the other girls, and blushing, sitting on the ground, we pool our knowledge, strange stories, incredible details, adults acts we’ve never seen that are secret... |
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I know all about dirty old men and sex maniacs, it was just a fact of life, you had to ignore them but be ready to get away if necessary... |
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You can't help thinking about divine punishment when the pleasure and pain come in the same place. |
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So she was one of those who lifted her skirt in dark corners and girls mustn't do that. |
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... beside her I'm a vulgar imposter, a common broad on her way up. |
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I wanted them to be different, respectable people I could introduce to my friends. |
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