“I’m not listening? Okay. Let’s back up a minute. Why don’t you live with your friends? Did they kick you out of the apartment? I thought they didn’t mind you staying there.”
“Well, it’s sorta complicated, Boss. I can explain when I get there.”
“Okay. I’ll accept that answer for now. But, it’s not safe for you to be living out of a car. This isn’t good, Rudy.”
“It’s been okay, Boss. Lots of people out here live in their cars. And I’m real careful where I park for the night.”
― Uncanny Alliance
“Well, it’s sorta complicated, Boss. I can explain when I get there.”
“Okay. I’ll accept that answer for now. But, it’s not safe for you to be living out of a car. This isn’t good, Rudy.”
“It’s been okay, Boss. Lots of people out here live in their cars. And I’m real careful where I park for the night.”
― Uncanny Alliance
“Does such a thing as "the fatal flaw," that showy dark crack running down the middle of a life, exist outside literature?”
― The Secret History
― The Secret History
“When you expect torture, kindness is more dangerous.”
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
― The Dog Walker: The Prequel
“Sé que mi familia es así pero este silencio me pesa. Tengo la impresión de tener millones de cosas que decir que, en el fondo, no interesan a nadie. Me viene a la memoria lo que decían los supervivientes de los campos de la última guerra al volver a su hogar: las pesadillas no se cuentan. Los demás no imaginan este género de pesadillas. Se instala, entre ellos y nosotras, una especie de statu quo que parece decir: ‘Estás aquí, se acabó, no hablemos más de ello.”
― For the Love of a Child
― For the Love of a Child
“Dust rises at every step, fine as flour. It is dried river silt, that dust. Add water, and the soil is so fertile that you could plant a pencil and harvest a book.”
― Dreamers of the Day
― Dreamers of the Day
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