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I fall to paper and quill because there is no time, now, to do anything else—and it is luxury, in its own way, to do this. To write in plain sight.
“Someone is digging your grave right now.
Someone is drawing a bath to wash you clean, he said,
so think of the wind, so happy, so warm. It’s a fairy tale,
the story underneath the story, sliding down the polished
halls, lightning here and gone. We make these
ridiculous idols so we can to what’s behind them,
but what happens after we get up the ladder?
Do we simply stare at what’s horrible and forgive it?”
―
Someone is drawing a bath to wash you clean, he said,
so think of the wind, so happy, so warm. It’s a fairy tale,
the story underneath the story, sliding down the polished
halls, lightning here and gone. We make these
ridiculous idols so we can to what’s behind them,
but what happens after we get up the ladder?
Do we simply stare at what’s horrible and forgive it?”
―
“Here is the part where everyone was happy all the time and we were all forgiven,
even though we didn't deserve it.”
― Crush
even though we didn't deserve it.”
― Crush
“There should be just one safe place in the world, I mean this world. People get hurt here.”
― Crush
― Crush
“Between you and him there are chasms. He and I are closer than friends. We are enemies linked together. The same sin binds us.”
― An Ideal Husband
― An Ideal Husband
“I wish you the blessing of oblivion, and that you will find the strength to exist moment by moment.”
― Shoko's Smile: Stories
― Shoko's Smile: Stories
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