She lifted her head. "It's easier," she said, slowly, "to be angry on someone else's behalf than on my own. And yet I find I have a well of anger in me, that I have been filling for years from my own hurts. If I spill it out in defense of another, I can deny it's mine.
Emma BullAbout author
- Author's profession: Writer
- Nationality: american
- Born: December 13, 1954
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