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Memory Quote by Danielle Younge-Ullman

“Certain memories, certain thoughts,are holes...holes ripped in you, through which precious things escape and leave you wanting, needing, gaping open. Laughter and belonging and comfort gush out, leaving their tracks but not their substance. And you are left empty, a skeleton,a shell with wind…” quote by Danielle Younge-Ullman — Download Open image

““Certain memories, certain thoughts,are holes...holes ripped in you, through which precious things escape and leave you wanting, needing, gaping open. Laughter and belonging and comfort gush out, leaving their tracks but not their substance. And you are left empty, a skeleton,a shell with wind rushing through you and a sensation of sinking, barely existing...””

Danielle Younge-Ullman

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