“We can still do the big wedding,” I say eagerly. “We’ll just do Vegas first. It all feels so monumental. It’s like we’re wrapping the biggest moment of our lives up with the biggest performance of our lives, and it’s too much.”
“No credit given for all the extra miles that take you nowhere.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“But I’m very happy that I met you. And even knowing that you’re alive, I feel like my life will be a lot better. Just being able to remember – being with you, and having such a nice experience together.”
― Intermezzo
― Intermezzo
“A kid is a terrible thing to be, in charge of nothing.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“What’s an oxy, I’d asked. That November it was still a shiny new thing. OxyContin, God’s gift for the laid-off deep-hole man with his back and neck bones grinding like bags of gravel. For the bent-over lady pulling double shifts at Dollar General with her shot knees and ADHD grandkids to raise by herself. For every football player with some of this or that torn up, and the whole world riding on his getting back in the game. This was our deliverance. The tree was shaken and yes, we did eat of the apple.”
― Demon Copperhead
― Demon Copperhead
“Because unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
― The Lorax
― The Lorax
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