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She would laugh until she choked, never noticing if anyone else shared her mirth.

— Alicia Steimberg Musicians and Watchmakers (1971)

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My mind is full of holes where knowledge ought to be.

they’ve forgotten me, just as you forget a fly that you’ve just shooed away a few seconds before.

I learned to distrust the smiles that abounded at those social events. As soon as Grandma returned home from the party and put on her housecoat, her true colors emerged. Her face reflected an existence full of suffering, yoked to the side of a silent husband and daughters who fought like wild beasts, feeding on their insatiable bitterness.

Musicians and Watchmakers (1971)

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