I had been walking in silence for so long,I had almost forgotten what …

Banana Yoshimoto
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I had been walking in silence for so long,I had almost forgotten what my own voice sounded like.My knees were tired;my toes were beginning to ache. ✨ Banana Yoshimoto, Michael Emmerich (2006). Hardboiled: & Hard Luck, p.4, Grove Press
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