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Nickolas Butler
“As a farmer, he collected everything. Anything and everything that came to rest on their farm was a treasure. Or a potential treasure. He housed it all in various outbuildings.”
Nickolas Butler, A Forty Year Kiss

Nickolas Butler
“Everything was expensive. Pork chops for forty dollars. A steak for fifty. The prices confounded her. Where did all this money come from? She glanced around the dining room, and there were couples in their twenties and thirties sprinkled here and there, laughing casually in their chic clothing. Checking their phones. No one was gawking at the menu prices or excusing themselves to go someplace cheaper.
She shook her head, took a long sip of the twelve-dollar glass of wine she had ordered, and laughed softly.
What is it? he asked, leaning back in his chair.
I don't know, Charlie. Sometimes, I just don't understand.
Don't understand what?
I don't understand, well, where all the money comes from. I mean, where are all the jobs paying all this money? And why couldn't I ever find a job like that? What did I do wrong? Did I miss something? Some announcements in high school, you know, pointing me in the direction of a six-figure salary?”
Nickolas Butler, A Forty Year Kiss

Nickolas Butler
“This whole day had been awful. She just wanted to take a hot bath. To put a hot washcloth over her face and lie in that warm place between disconnection, relaxation, and sleep. Nothing. No one to watch over or feed or clean up after or take care of or suffer or explain to or heal or worship or even love. Just warm, soapy water lapping at her skin. A few candles. Some old country album playing on her phone.”
Nickolas Butler, A Forty Year Kiss

“The board of the UAW splintered over whether to back Biden, rescind its endorsement of him, or call on him publicly to ride away in the first American-made car he could find. But there was a growing sentiment that Democrats stood a better chance of winning - that the union's interests would be best served - if he dropped out.”
Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes, Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House

Matt Tavares
“Before long, Santa and his team landed on their final rooftop of the night. Santa disappeared down the chimney with the last few gifts of Christmas, then reappeared a moment later.
"All right, team," he said. "One last stop!"
"But Santa, your bag is empty!" said Dasher. "How can we deliver more presents?"
Santa smiled. "Some presents don't fit inside my bag," he said.”
Matt Tavares, Dasher and the Polar Bear

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