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“He was hurting, and I hurt with him. We had never been able to maintain any level of detachment from each other’s suffering, and we
didn’t now.”
― R.K. Lilley, Grounded

“He reached for my hand, looking sad. “Don’t get hurt, Buttercup.”
I shrugged. “Life hurts. As long as it doesn’t kill us, we weather it.”
― R.K. Lilley

“I love the smell of Waffle House; it's the smell of freedom, being on the open road and knowing that ninety percent of the people eating around you are also on that road. Truck driver's, road-trippers, hangovers--those who don't live that monotonous life of society slavery.”
― J.A. Redmerski, The Edge of Never

“I elbowed James as he shot my army guy in the head yet again.
“This game is so sexist,” I complained. “I can’t believe that there isn’t even an option for me to play as a girl.”
“Do you think that if you were playing as a busty blonde it would distract me?” James asked, amused.
“It couldn’t hurt.”
He tossed his controller on the ground. I gave a little embarrassing shriek as he tossed me over his shoulder. “We’re done, guys. Buttercup wants to distract me. Consider me distracted.”
― R.K. Lilley, Grounded