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1 " In Thai, to say sorry was to ask for punishment that wouldn't ordinarily be meted out. "
― Pitchaya Sudbanthad , Bangkok Wakes to Rain
2 " Pig owes her much more than she could ever pay back. It had felt much less burdensome to feel like she would always be the one to so generously give. "
3 " I swallowed, not knowing what I drank, medicine or poison; I only knew that I was thirsty. With every drop, I drew in the spirit of oxen and snakes, great jungle beasts ran inside me, growling. I tasted dirt and rubies and thousands of years of rain. "
4 " The most deafening thing he’s ever heard is the silence between two people. "
5 " Truth lingers, unseen like phantoms but there to rattle and scream wherever people try hardest to forget. "
6 " Sometimes she wants to believe that if she says a name so many times, anyone can be brought back to life. "
7 " With age comes either extreme faith or extreme doubt. Usually both. "
