she has heard somewhere that cigarettes are good for grief. One long drag and you forget how to cry. The body too busy dealing with the poison.
“There are two things that are particularly good at reminding us how old we are: children and sports.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“Never trust people who don't have something in their lives that they love beyond all reason.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“He was my echo. Everything I do is quieter now," she said to the other women in the closet.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“Anything that grows closely enough to what it loves will eventually share the same roots. We can talk about loss, we can treat it and give it time, but biology still forces us to live according to certain rules: plants that are split down the middle don't heal, they die.”
― Beartown
― Beartown
“Difficult questions, simple answers. What is a community?
It is the sum total of our choices.”
― Beartown
It is the sum total of our choices.”
― Beartown
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