“But most days,
I wander around feeling invisible.
Like I'm a speck of dust
floating in the air
that can only be seen
when a shaft of light hits it.”

—  Sonya Sones, book One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies

Source: One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies

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