“Where exactly do you put your hands on somebody who hurts everywhere?”

— Charles D'Ambrosio

Source: The Dead Fish Museum: Stories

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American short story writer, essayist 1958

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“Where exactly do you put your hands on somebody who hurts everywhere?”

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