

“I think most of humankind would agree, the hard part of high school is the people.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead

“a good story doesn’t just copy life, it pushes back on it.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead

“The original, shimmering self gets buried so deep that most of us end up hardly living out of it at all. Instead we live out all the other selves, which we are constantly putting on and taking off like coats and hats against the world’s weather”
― Telling Secrets
― Telling Secrets

“Never be mean in anything. Never be false. Never be cruel. I can always be hopeful of you.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead

“He was quiet, holding that string and kite with everything he had. The way he looked. Eyes raised up, body tethered by one long thread to the big stormy sky, the whole of him up there with his words, talking to whoever was listening. I’ve not seen a sight to match it. No bones of his had ever been shoved in a feed bag. The man was a giant.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
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