“I have a rough marriage. It feels like sandpaper, only not as soft and gentle on the anus.”
“Things I can feel. Hard. Soft. Rough. Smooth. But the inside kind of feel, it is all the same, like foggy mush. Is that the part of me that is still asleep? (9)”
“Introverts crave meaning, so party chitchat feels like sandpaper to our psyche.”
“...I hardly ever see your profile, but have I told you it's beautiful? - like the soft gentle lines of snow...”
“The beanstalk felt like sandpaper".”
“Willem holds my wrist for a long moment, looking at that birthmark. Then he lifts it to his mouth. And though his lips are soft and his kiss is gentle, it feels like a knife jamming into the electrical socket. It feels like the moment when I go live”