She had grown through loss and confusion into a girl who lived almost entirely inside her head, taking refuge in the places she created there, not so much repulsed by others' reality as unable to perceive it. (Sheri S. Tepper)

She had grown through loss and confusion into a girl who lived almost entirely inside her head, taking refuge in the places she created there, not so much repulsed by others' reality as unable to perceive it.

Sheri S. Tepper

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