“until I started dating the funny guy in workshop who wrote gloomy two-page stories set in New Hampshire mill towns.”
― Writers & Lovers
― Writers & Lovers
“Wickedness was like food: once you got started it was hard to stop; the gut expanded to take in more and more. —JOHN UPDIKE, The Witches of Eastwick”
― We Ride Upon Sticks
― We Ride Upon Sticks
“People will compete and never relax and always try to innovate and achieve until they are so high-strung that the world collapses.”
― Days of Distraction
― Days of Distraction
“Wrecks have been raised from the ocean bed with less effort, but I hobble toward the cascade of costumes shrouding my quarry.”
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
― The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
“A sea of adolescence streamed by, each of us in our own way trying to both fit in and stand out.”
― We Ride Upon Sticks
― We Ride Upon Sticks
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