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.
All at once, she was confronted with the full understanding of it. And if she admitted it to herself, she could only be left with the grotesque truth. She didn__ want to let go of the pain. She didn__ want it to be lessened. She wanted to carry it. And whatever path she took from this point forward would serve to take it away.
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All at once, she was confronted with the full understanding of it. And if she admitted it to herself, she could only be left with the grotesque truth. She didn__ want to let go of the pain. She didn__ want it to be lessened. She wanted to carry it. And whatever path she took from this point forward would serve to take it away.
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