Underneath all his [her] preoccupations with sex, society, religion, etc. (all the staple abstractions which allow the forebrain to chatter) there is, quite simply, a person tortured beyond endurance by the lack of tenderness in the world.
- Lawrence Durrell
Jonah Mowry is a 13 year-old middle school student who risks sharing his pain with any who will listen to his four-and-a-half minute story.
Your internal response will be commentary enough.
what a compelling quote...and video. it is wrenching to think of all the kids out there going through this pain alone. beyond words.
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