Maybe he felt an allegiance to his history. It is one thing to speak around an experience, use it as… — Don DeLillo

Maybe he felt an allegiance to his history. It is one thing to speak around an experience, use it as reference and analogy. But to detail the hellish thing itself, to strangers who will nod and forget, this must seem a betrayal of his pain.

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