“I said nothing—I hadn’t known Marya, and anyway, “listening quietly” was my general social strategy”
“listening quietly" was my general social strategy.”
“I have listened and I have been quiet all my life. But now I will speak.”
“Once again, I had that feeling of drowning when I hadn’t even known I was in the pool”
“He was everything I’d ever wanted, and everything I hadn’t even known I needed.”
“My teeth became sour as I listened to his story. It was then that I understood why he was quiet all the time.”