Intonation & Atonement

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Intonation & Atonement

The Sound of Silence

Jewels

Oct 28, 2025

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I didn’t plan on saying more. But the comments kept coming.

This is what happens when you say the quiet part out loud: people scramble to rearrange your truth into something they can live with.
And I’ve realized—I don’t have to help them do it.

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