That unravished bride of quietness

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This is not a sentence.

This sentence is false is not a sentence

“A quotation appended to itself” appended to itself is a sentence to purgatory.

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Here I was, trying to talk about things, to you, and I open my mouth and out comes more things. The more I tried to talk to you, the more things came at you. Which is not to say it was unenjoyable: this constructive monologue of mine.

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It wasn’t just that he was a narcissist. He was a wounded narcissist, which, I mean, like, come on.

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Bear with me, no - wait just bear with me for one second. You don’t want to do this. You don’t know what you’re doing. Please, just stop. Stop and think. For once in your life - No wait I didn’t mean that. Not like it sounded. I don’t mean things how they sound, it’s true.