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> [“I do not write to you, but of you,/because the paper that we write on/is our perishable skin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-lee-houghton/i-do-not-write-to-you-but-of-you-because-the-paper-that-we-write-on/)

Melissa Lee-Houghton

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## More by Melissa Lee-Houghton

> [“I walk with a dual longing for life and for death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-lee-houghton/i-walk-with-a-dual-longing-for-life-and-for-death/)

Melissa Lee-Houghton

> [“I do not write to you, but of you,/because the paper that we write on/is our perishable skin.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-lee-houghton/i-do-not-write-to-you-but-of-you-because-the-paper-that-we-write-on/)

Melissa Lee-Houghton

> [“ink marks the page/where you execute your will like a doe announcing an/ox-stern mate with a single, bleary blink.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-lee-houghton/ink-marks-the-page-where-you-execute-your-will-like-a-doe-announcing/)

Melissa Lee-Houghton

> [“Tonight, I won't dream, because nobody has held me and no hands have strayed and even though I'm drunk with love, my arms are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melissa-lee-houghton/tonight-i-won-t-dream-because-nobody-has-held-me-and-no-hands-have/)

Melissa Lee-Houghton

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