The Outrun

By Amy Liptrot / Daisy Lewis

Shared by Kimberley Dobney on April 26, 2025

In grandiose moments, high on fresh air and freedom on the hill, I study my personal geology. My body is a continent. I grind my teeth in my sleep like tectonic plates. And when I blink, the Sun flickers. My breath pushes the clouds across the sky and the waves roll into the shore in time with my beating heart. The islands' headlands rise above the sea like my limbs in the bathtub. My freckles are famous landmarks and my tears, rivers. Lightning strikes every time I sneeze. And when I orgasm, there's an earthquake.

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I watched this film on repeat during a time of heartbreak. This speech in the final scene always moves me.