“Because some days the world holds true at the drop of a hat, don't you find? Things favor themselves: whatever you reach for - a shimmered arm, or parts unknown - is ready, finally, to have itself be handled.”
― Stories in the Worst Way
― Stories in the Worst Way
“Then came nights when, lying awake beside my final wife, I would spend too much time putting my finger on what was wrong. I was wearing the finger out.
What was wrong was very simple.
Sometimes her life and mine fell on the same day.”
― Stories in the Worst Way
What was wrong was very simple.
Sometimes her life and mine fell on the same day.”
― Stories in the Worst Way
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