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Terry Tempest Williams, When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice Quotes: When it comes to words, rather than using our own voice, authentic and unpracticed, we steal someone else's to shield our fear.
         

When it comes to words, rather than using our own voice, authentic and unpracticed, we steal someone else's to shield our fear.


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