Unthinkable

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" We are all guilty of a thousand casual cruelties," she states peering at me through her partially closed eyes. She sighs and brings her hand to rest on the side of her head. "Why are we so fast to raise our voices in outrage-in anger- when we all share the same burdens and shame? I have no doubt that tomorrow-today even- I will cause some small portion of a person to die. A glance, a look, a callous word that is said- or remains unsaid- will rend some person 'twain."