“No, she would never try to explain such a thing to her husband. It would ruin whatever small bit of credibility she had left. Her intuition, her feelings didn't matter to him-they were unbelievable, in fact. That was the precise word- unbelievable - in the manner of tall tales, urban legends, folk remedies, aliens, mythical creatures rumored to roam the woods, and so her feelings were immediately discounted, even though she knew them to be the truest things in her human experience, a light to show the way.”
― Nightbitch
― Nightbitch
“All you have to say is you're sorry, she said. That will make it all better.
But I want to fix it, he said. That will make it better for me.”
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But I want to fix it, he said. That will make it better for me.”
―
“So the next time I get optimistic about something, I want one of you to punch me in the face.”
― System Collapse
― System Collapse
“Yeah, I'll just code a patch to stop feeling anxiety, wow, why didn't I think of that earlier. (That was sarcasm, I have too much organic neural tissue for that to work.) (Of course I've already tried it.)”
― System Collapse
― System Collapse
“But since the thing that happened I don't think I've had an emotion that wasn't the visual equivalent of a wet blanket crumpled on the floor.”
― System Collapse
― System Collapse
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