It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it's lonely, bec…

David Levithan
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It is an awful thing to be betrayed by your body. And it's lonely, because you feel you can't talk about it. You feel it's something between you and the body. You feel it's a battle you will never win . . . and yet you fight it day after day, and it wears you down. Even if you try to ignore it, the energy it takes to ignore it will exhaust you. ✨ David Levithan (2013). Every Day, p.154, Egmont UK
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