But I wrote this to examine and discover the whys of my life instead of continuing to allow the whats to dominate and fog my memories.
“They kept saying cows watched sunsets. At that point I wished I’d used the fucking conspiracy theorists instead of the cows. Nobody would’ve cared if I’d turned people inside-out who think vaccines have nanites in them that mine cryptocurrency. But cows watch sunsets, man!”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“So Alecto, wearied of talking, kneeled upon the rock and offered up the sword to her, and placed the child’s hand upon the blade, so that it received also the red blood of the child. This made the child exceeding faint, but it did not swoon of weariness.
Which strength pleased Alecto, who said: Notwithstanding, I offer you my service.
To which a voice on the opposite side of the shore was raised, exceeding wroth, and Alecto heard it shout in a very great shout: Get in line, thou big slut.”
― Nona the Ninth
Which strength pleased Alecto, who said: Notwithstanding, I offer you my service.
To which a voice on the opposite side of the shore was raised, exceeding wroth, and Alecto heard it shout in a very great shout: Get in line, thou big slut.”
― Nona the Ninth
“They all agreed that whatever made Nona happy at school made Nona happy at school, but the bottom line remained that she shouldn’t buy anybody drugs.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“We were children - playing in the reflections of stars in a pool of water... Thinking it was space.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
“Ah … children, they are very forgiving,” said the commander, proving to Nona she had never been around children.”
― Nona the Ninth
― Nona the Ninth
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