Everyone experiences youth only once as they grow up: uncertain, stumbling, and trying to find their way. Anyone can criticize the outcome, but only the girls themselves truly understand the pain of growing up. For a long time, the girls of “By the Rhine” kept their feelings to themselves. When relatives, friends, and even strangers criticized and condemned the choices they made in their youth, they learned to respond with an awkward smile. Through this long yet fleeting journey, they learned to play the well-behaved girl in the eyes of adults while searching their own souls and finding a way to save themselves.
The adults only said, “That’s wrong. You shouldn’t do that.”
But as the girls went through their youth, those adults seemed to have agreed to stay away, forgetting how to guide them through that turbulent time. The girls could only get by through discreetly sharing their own experiences and learning from one another.
It was a river they had no choice but to cross. On its banks stood young people with no swimming experience, forced to dive into the water all the same.
When the Blade Falls, Porcelain Rings
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