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I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. but i am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. there will be no floating away.
-Khaled Hosseini
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I Want To Tear Myself From This

Khaled Hosseini
I want to tear myself from this place, from this reality, rise up like a cloud and float away, melt into this humid summer night and dissolve somewhere far, over the hills. but i am here, my legs blocks of concrete, my lungs empty of air, my throat burning. there will be no floating away.
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