This is generous, for to be close to her pain has always felt like a privilege to me, even though pain could be defined — Maggie Nelson, Bluets
This is generous, for to be close to her pain has always felt like a privilege to me, even though pain could be defined — Maggie Nelson, Bluets
This is generous, for to be close to her pain has always felt like a privilege to me, even though pain could be defined — Maggie Nelson, Bluets
This is generous, for to be close to her pain has always felt like a privilege to me, even though pain could be defined — Maggie Nelson, Bluets
This is generous, for to be close to her pain has always felt like a privilege to me, even though pain could be defined — Maggie Nelson, Bluets
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This is generous, for to be close to her pain has always felt like a privilege to me, even though pain could be defined as that which we typically aim to avoid.

— Maggie Nelson, Bluets
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