My Friends
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A group of serious men are talking about their favorite paintings, not as works of art, but as investments, as if they were framed banknotes.
“Theo pressed the delete key and watched the letters march backward to oblivion. All that was left was the blinking cursor, tapping like an impatient finger.”
― Horse
― Horse
“but first you have to realize that rich adults hardly ever notice anything, apart from mirrors.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“What’s real is gravity and a dirty apartment and a daughter zipping her duffel bag.”
― The Bright Years
― The Bright Years
“Never is so easy for a young person to say. I think about my father’s ashes, sunk in the Trinity. And Barton’s suit-clad body underground. How Ryan and I both swore off alcohol before we met, carrying our father’s stories into our no-thank-yous and just-water-pleases.”
― The Bright Years
― The Bright Years
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