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"In the midst of my growing fascination with Gothic literature, I picked this up and was surprised by how quickly it drew me in. The prose leans into the rhythms of the Deep South, rich and grounded, yet still easy to follow, helped by the short chapters. I’m usually not a fan of multiple POVs, but this one works; each voice feels distinct, and together they carry the same weight in different ways." — Apr 11, 2026 06:36AM
"In the midst of my growing fascination with Gothic literature, I picked this up and was surprised by how quickly it drew me in. The prose leans into the rhythms of the Deep South, rich and grounded, yet still easy to follow, helped by the short chapters. I’m usually not a fan of multiple POVs, but this one works; each voice feels distinct, and together they carry the same weight in different ways." — Apr 11, 2026 06:36AM
“Soon I hear the call of birds, and I’m reminded of their flight, of their dazzling nature to be splendid beings to which we can look up and remember the flight of our own lives.”
― Birds on a Carousel
― Birds on a Carousel
“when i sleep i remember days that never were. i dream a life i never saw and which i now see he never wanted...”
― Dayspring
― Dayspring
“Though I suppose each experience like this, just like everyone's loneliness, feels uniquely uncategorizable—the particular contours of another person's borders that collide with your own before leaving behind a crater that will be there the rest of your life.”
― Apartment
― Apartment
“...the world never turned out the way you wanted it to. It simply turned. And you hung on.”
― Still Life
― Still Life
“I used to feel like I’d been given the whole world when I held him. Like I was holding the whole universe.”
― Love in the Big City
― Love in the Big City
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