“Give me twenty minutes alone in a room with him,” Brian agreed, in a ravenous, juicy way that churned my stomach. This became something of a Rorschach test over the years. There were men who cracked their knuckles while divulging to me
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“...she let go of his shoulder and watched him off, pondering, once more, how far two siblings might grow apart without ever losing the bond that united them.”
― The Sweetness of Water
― The Sweetness of Water
“It was easy to kiss someone when it didn’t matter; it was more difficult when it might be meaningful.”
― Mexican Gothic
― Mexican Gothic
“...perhaps that was the great ill of the world, that those prone to evil were left untouched by guilt to a degree so vast that they might sleep through a storm, while better men, conscience-stained men, lay awake as though that very storm persisted unyieldingly in the furthest reaches of their soul.”
― The Sweetness of Water
― The Sweetness of Water
“Society made exceptions in matters of great beauty.”
― The Sweetness of Water
― The Sweetness of Water
“I suppose no one owns a claim on suffering," he said at last.”
― The Sweetness of Water
― The Sweetness of Water
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