I did not want to tell her what happened, but I had to now. I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, — Chris Cleave, Little Bee
I did not want to tell her what happened, but I had to now. I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, — Chris Cleave, Little Bee
I did not want to tell her what happened, but I had to now. I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, — Chris Cleave, Little Bee
I did not want to tell her what happened, but I had to now. I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, — Chris Cleave, Little Bee
I did not want to tell her what happened, but I had to now. I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, — Chris Cleave, Little Bee
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I did not want to tell her what happened, but I had to now. I could not stop talking because now I had started my story, it wanted to be finished. We cannot choose where to start and stop. Our stories are the tellers of us.

— Chris Cleave, Little Bee
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