I lift my arm out of the water. It's a log. Put it back under and it b…

Laurie Halse Anderson
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I lift my arm out of the water. It's a log. Put it back under and it blows up even bigger. People see the log and call it a twig. They yell at me because I can't see what they see. Nobody can explain to me why my eyes work different than theirs. Nobody can make it stop. ✨ Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). Wintergirls, p.150, Penguin
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