I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I k…

Jennifer Donnelly
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I play until my fingers are blue and stiff from the cold, and then I keep on playing. Until I'm lost in the music. Until I am the music--notes and chords, the melody and harmony. It hurts, but it's okay because when I'm the music, I'm not me. Not sad. Not afraid. Not desperate. Not guilty. ✨ Jennifer Donnelly (2015). Revolution, p.33, Bloomsbury Publishing
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