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“I had yet to learn that all human relationships end in pain—it is the price that our imperfection has allowed Satan to exact from us for the privilege of love.”
― A Grief Observed
― A Grief Observed
“I once heard a stranger in agitated conversation with her pug: And I suppose it's all my fault again, isn't it? At which, I swear, the dog rolled its eyes.”
― The Friend
― The Friend
“Because the sunset, like survival, exists only on the verge of its own disappearing. To be gorgeous, you must first be seen, but to be seen allows you to be hunted.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“They will want you to succeed, but never more than them. They will write their names on your leash and call you necessary, call you urgent.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
“You write a thing down because you’re hoping to get a hold on it. You write about experiences partly to understand what they mean, partly not to lose them to time. To oblivion.”
― The Friend
― The Friend
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