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She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell.

Marita Bonner (1987). “Frye Street & environs: the collected works of Marita Bonner”, Beacon Press (MA)
She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell.