“It reminded me of a bad breakup, when you wake up devastated the next morning and realize that the only person who could possibly offer you comfort is the one person you just agreed never to speak to again.”
― Competitive Grieving
― Competitive Grieving
“Answers came when they damn well wanted to come, which was sometimes not at all. Answers were, in that respect, like cats.”
― On Earth as It Is on Television
― On Earth as It Is on Television
“I think again how unprepared we are for illness and old age. How we trundle toward it unthinkingly, like lemmings toward the edge of a cliff. The tiny humans we coo over at the start of their lives, we shudder to look upon at the end.”
― The Burning Girls
― The Burning Girls
“Our first solo activity—brunch last weekend—had been a painful process that had reminded me of why I had stopped taking on new friends. I could only listen to someone brag about themselves for so long before I needed to see a genuine side.”
― Every Last Secret
― Every Last Secret
“I have this idea. This theory, I guess. There is no such thing as good or evil. Instead, we have memory and choice, and we all live at various points on the spectrum between. We are created by what has happened to us, combined with who we choose to be.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
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