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“Goddamn but her mind was so exhausted with trying to hold the world together, tired of being the living glue for herself, as if she let go, great pieces of her life would shatter and fall off in mockery of the apocalypse.”
― The Woman Lit By Fireflies
― The Woman Lit By Fireflies
“In those last weeks, we drove without talking, trying to outride the heat, each alone in the dream the city had become. I was afraid to speak, to touch his arm even.”
― Dept. of Speculation
― Dept. of Speculation
“Consider the future, Moldenke. Do you imagine we'll ever get there?”
― Motorman
― Motorman
“Anh Minh believed that if he could save three minutes here, five minutes there, then one day he could tally them all up and have enough to start life all over again.”
― The Book of Salt
― The Book of Salt
“I can remember a time when I took Henry James's advice--'try to be one of the people on whom nothing is lost!'--deeply to heart. I think I was then imagining that the net effect of becoming one of those people would be one of accretion. Whereas if you truly become someone on whom nothing is lost, then loss will not be lost upon you, either.”
― Bluets
― Bluets
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