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“The paint doesn’t move the way the light reflects,
so what’s there to be faithful to? I am faithful
to you, darling. I say it to the paint. The bird floats
in the unfinished sky with nothing to hold it.”
― War of the Foxes
so what’s there to be faithful to? I am faithful
to you, darling. I say it to the paint. The bird floats
in the unfinished sky with nothing to hold it.”
― War of the Foxes
“Once she wasn't supposed to like it. To have her in a position she didn't like, that was power. Even if she liked it she had to pretend she didn't. Then she was supposed to like it. To make her do something she didn't like and then make her like it, that was greater power. The greatest power of all is when she doesn't really like it but she's supposed to like it, so she has to pretend.”
― Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems
― Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems
“I put my sadness in a box. The box went soft and wet and weak at the bottom. I called it Thursday. Today is Sunday. The town is empty.
I stood in the road looking forward and back, to see if it would change something. After a while, I went back inside and tripped over the box.”
― War of the Foxes
I stood in the road looking forward and back, to see if it would change something. After a while, I went back inside and tripped over the box.”
― War of the Foxes
“Prayer is wanting. Jesus, Jesus he says, but he's not praying to Jesus, he's praying to you, not to your body or your face but to the space you hold at the centre, which is the shape of the universe. Empty.”
― Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems
― Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems
“What's the difference between vision and a vision? The former relates to something it's assumed you've seen, the latter to something it's assumed you haven't. Language is not always dependable either.”
― Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems
― Murder in the Dark: Short Fictions and Prose Poems
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