Loren Schmidt
https://www.goodreads.com/furcifer07
There is a cultural movement in the white working class to blame problems on society or the government, and that movement gains adherents by the day.
“One thing I learned from Mr. Armstrong while striving heartily to remain uneducated: a good story doesn’t just copy life, it pushes back on it. It’s why guys like Chartrain wear their clothes too big and their teeth edged with gold, why Mr. Dick puts words on kites and sends them to the sun. It’s why I draw what I draw.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“Keeping secrets from young ears only plants seeds in between them,”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“Here, all we can ever be is everything we’ve been.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
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