People tend to think that the most natural stories begin at their beginning and unwind through their middle to their completion, and sometimes they do. But that narrative structure is only as true as time, which is to say it’s as much a
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“But Saffy knew about catastrophe. It was arbitrary. A thing descended from nowhere, pointed a bony finger, and smirked. As if to say: I choose you.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“She had known from a young age that everyone had darkness inside-some just controlled it better than others. Very few people believed that they were bad, and this was the scariest part. Human nature could be so hideous, but it persisted in this ugliness by insisting it was good.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“Grief was a hole. A portal to nothing. Grief was a walk so long Hazel forgot her own legs. It was a shock of blinding sun. A burst of remembering: sandals on pavement, a sleepy back seat, nails painted on the bathroom floor. Greif was a loneliness that felt like a planet.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“You don't need to have it all. You only need to figure out how much is enough.”
― Notes on an Execution
― Notes on an Execution
“When someone dies, it becomes a competition to be in charge of the history of that person. People want their memory to be the real one.”
― Brat
― Brat
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