and I told myself -- as I've told myself before -- that the body shuts down then the pain gets too bad, that consciousness is temporary, that this will pass. But just like always, I didn't slip away. I was left on the shore with the waves washing over me, unable to drown.
Reading with an eye towards metaphor allows us to become the person we__e reading about, while reading about them. That__ why there is symbols in books and why your English teacher deserves your attention. Ultimately, it doesn__ matter if the author intended the symbol to be there because the job of reading is not to understand the author__ intent. The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as a we ourselves.
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Reading with an eye towards metaphor allows us to become the person we__e reading about, while reading about them. That__ why there is symbols in books and why your English teacher deserves your attention. Ultimately, it doesn__ matter if the author intended the symbol to be there because the job of reading is not to understand the author__ intent. The job of reading is to use stories as a way into seeing other people as a we ourselves.
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