The Colony
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returned the kitchen chair to the slate slab and sat down, uncertain of what to do next, of how to wait in a place where nothing happens a place without need of happenings
“Humans were monsters but also perfect creations.”
― Leave the World Behind
― Leave the World Behind
“What the fuck?” This was, maybe, the only proper response. Amanda was not talking to George. She was not talking to anyone. “What the fuck?” She said it a third time, a fourth time, a fifth time, it didn’t matter. She kept saying it, and it was unanswered, as a prayer.”
― Leave the World Behind
― Leave the World Behind
“Home was just where you were, in the end. It was just the place where you found yourself.”
― Leave the World Behind
― Leave the World Behind
“You never know when a time is the last time, because if you did you could never go on with life.”
― Leave the World Behind
― Leave the World Behind
“She kept her silence and pictured the faces of her daughter and grandsons, the atheist’s prayer.”
― Leave the World Behind
― Leave the World Behind
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