Sometimes I looked at her sleeping face, the living flesh o… - Miranda July

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Sometimes I looked at her sleeping face, the living flesh of it, and was overwhelmed by how precarious it was to love a living thing. She could die simply from lack of water. It hardly seemed safer than falling in love with a plant.

Miranda July

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Miranda Jennifer July (born Miranda Jennifer Grossinger on 15 February 1974) is a performing artist, musician, writer, actress and film director.

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Alternative Names: Miranda J. Grossinger

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