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And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so? asked Raymond Carver in his “Late Fragment.” I did. And what did you want? To call myself beloved, to feel myself beloved on the earth.
“I see now that the path I choose through the maze makes me what I am. I am not only a thing, but also a way of being—one of many ways—and knowing the paths I have followed and the ones left to take will help me understand what I am becoming.”
― Flowers for Algernon
― Flowers for Algernon
“Dogs are the broccaflower of the animal kingdom.”
― Holy Cow
― Holy Cow
“The back of her neck smelled like a parakeet’s tummy, sweet hay and fluff.”
― Once a Runner
― Once a Runner
“These fundamental imbalances led them into concentric circles of ever decreasing size: a nautilus shell of their discontent.”
― Once a Runner
― Once a Runner
“You want some of this?” The dog now angled his backside close to Shalom’s nose. This was not going to end well. “Can you tell they feed me steak? Go on, have a whiff. I would share with you, meine kleine bitch.”
― Holy Cow
― Holy Cow
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