“You once told me that the human eye is god's loneliest creation. How so much of the world passes through the pupil and still it holds nothing. The eye, alone in its socket, doesn't even know there's another one, just like it, an inch away, just as hungry, as empty.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“I wonder if we’ll ever not be like magnets… not be these two things that drift home to each other no matter what. If there is a way to break the spell, I don’t want to know a fucking thing about it.”
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
“She pulls away from me and as she does, I slip my heart in her back pocket. That’s a lie. She already had it. But I give it to her again for good measure.”
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
“But he can't promise he won't hurt me so I don't know how to promise I'll stay.”
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
“She doesn’t know that I’m a wolf and Parks is the moon whose name I’ve howled since I was fifteen.”
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
― Magnolia Parks: The Long Way Home
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