Intimacies: A Novel

The thought was disquieting—that our identities should be so mutable, and therefore the course of our lives.

strident:

It is surprisingly easy to forget what you have witnessed, the horrifying image or the voice speaking the unspeakable, in order to exist in the world we must and we do forget, we live in a state of I know but I do not know.

Interpretation was a matter of great subtlety, a word with many contexts, for example it is often said that an actor interprets a role, or a musician a piece of music.

supplication.

mien.

covetous

rigmarole,

logorrheic