Lately whenever I'd scratched somebody's surface I'd turned up a ghost story.
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This quote from Barbara Kingsolver's The Bean Trees poignantly captures the hidden depths and complexities that lie beneath individuals' outward appearances. The metaphor of 'scratching somebody's surface' suggests a superficial engagement with people, where one only sees the exterior, the visible layer of someone's personality or life story. However, the moment one goes deeper—peeling back the layers—one uncovers 'ghost stories': the hidden traumas, experiences, and histories that shape a person but...
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