“Her presence soothes him more than a full-moon run.”
― Bride
― Bride
“Some nights, when he’s walking past her door, he has to whisper to himself: “Keep going.”
― Bride
― Bride
“You’re not a problem, Misery. You’re a privilege.”
― Bride
― Bride
“I have no friends, no hobbies, and no real purpose aside from earning enough money to pay rent in order to … exist, I guess.”
― Bride
― Bride
“Maybe there is something devastating about the incompleteness of it. But maybe, just knowing that the other person is there . . .” His throat bobs. “There might be pleasure in that, too. The satisfaction of knowing that something beautiful exists.” His lips open and close a few times, as though he can only find the right words by shaping them first to himself. “Maybe some things transcend reciprocity. Maybe not everything is about having.”
― Bride
― Bride
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