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“You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye”
―
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
an open eye”
―
“I was sand, I was snow—written on, rewritten, smoothed over.”
― The Blind Assassin
― The Blind Assassin
“She imagines him imagining her. This is her salvation.
In spirit she walks the city, traces its labyrinths, its dingy mazes: each assignation, each rendezvous, each door and stair and bed. What he said, what she said, what they did, what they did then. Even the times they argued, fought, parted, agonized, rejoined. How they’d loved to cut themselves on each other, taste their own blood. We were ruinous together, she thinks. But how else can we live, these days, except in the midst of ruin?”
― The Blind Assassin
In spirit she walks the city, traces its labyrinths, its dingy mazes: each assignation, each rendezvous, each door and stair and bed. What he said, what she said, what they did, what they did then. Even the times they argued, fought, parted, agonized, rejoined. How they’d loved to cut themselves on each other, taste their own blood. We were ruinous together, she thinks. But how else can we live, these days, except in the midst of ruin?”
― The Blind Assassin
Niveusp’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Niveusp’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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