Nikki Kocmut

“When I was younger”
― Lisa Unger, The Kill Clause

“As the old man used to say, “The farther you run, the closer you get to your past.”
― Mary Burton, What She Saw

“That”
― A.R. Torre, The Last Party

“If the world is a giant machine designed by God and destiny is a program written in his language, then we should be able to live a life of fulfillment without understanding any of it. After all, most people enjoy TV without knowing a thing about electromechanics; most people drive their cars without ever understanding how an engine works. Someone else has done all the hard work so that we don’t have to think about it. The machine chugs away, its workings unbeknownst to us. Our destiny reveals itself to us with minimal to no effort. And seemingly chance encounters and insignificant events subtly influence our trajectory.”
― J.M. Lee, Artificial Truth