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“Ending a novel is almost like putting a child to sleep—it can't be done abruptly.”
Colm Tóibín

“We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river to explore.”
John Powell SJ

Leah Raeder
If I could fall in love with a girl, it’d be her. Those ifs are dangerous. You try them on in your head like dresses, so easy to slide in and out of. If I kissed girls, I’d kiss her. If we kissed, it’d go like this. At some point I dropped the if like a slip and just wore the feeling, nothing between it and my skin. When I kiss her. When it happens. All of it took place in my head, in silence, locked tight in skull bone and the frantic synaptic whispers between neurons, no clues popping out except the passive-aggressive haircut, the incriminating poem.

That’s the problem with writers. Too much imagination.

The greater part of me knew it couldn’t be real, but the hopeful part, which is more concentrated and condensed, rich in nine essential delusions, thought: It’s not all in your head.”
Leah Raeder, Black Iris

Leah Raeder
“The clearest sign of coming catastrophe is when all the bad shit in your life suddenly stops. You’re entering the eye of the shitstorm.”
Leah Raeder, Black Iris

Leah Raeder
“Fuck forgiveness.

That’s what they want me to do. Make it easy for them. Clear their consciences. Let them get away with what they’ve done.

The powerful. The strong. The privileged.

Not a fucking chance.”
Leah Raeder, Black Iris

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