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“It is raining and there is a dog lying
in the gutter and the gutter is filling
with water because the sewer is clogged.

If the dog were alive he would be drowning
but as it is, the water is simply stroking
his fur.”
― Laura Gilpin, The Hocus-Pocus of the Universe

“He takes a breath. “Yes,” he says. “I’ve decided to stay.”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life

“It is awfully easy to be hard-boiled about everything in the daytime, but at night it is another thing.”
― Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises

“(You had never said this to me, not explicitly, but I know you will forgive me; I know you will. I know you would have wanted me to say this.)”
― Hanya Yanagihara, A Little Life