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this discipline gives real meaning to life
[...] Dance, Kniaseff used to say, is a discipline that ena…
no difference between me and those sidewalks
That was the most uncertain period of my life. I was nothin…
the trees hadn’t yet shed their leaves
Then he got up, leaving me alone with them, and went to joi…
she was pulling me along
At first, I had a hard time keeping up with her, but eventu…
she had sloughed it off like dead skin
She gave out these details in spurts, in no particular orde…
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[...] For me, autumn has never been a sad season. The dying…
I was pretty certain that he believed me. That’s the advant…
I asked him the date and place of birth of this Jacqueline …
He shot me an embarrassed look. Apparently he had wanted to…
I took the envelope from my pocket and I pored over the pic…