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sometimes i feel like rory gilmore in season 1 where she has a bus novel, a bus memoir, a lunch short story collection, a lunch novel, and a home novel. god forbid i carry three books in my backpack have you no whimsy? and let’s not talk about my chronic back pain that’s not the point

Finished the namesake short story. I can say I appreciated the fundamental question Tolstoy was asking. I've never watched someone die, but I hope we all can taste the sweet release of death when our time comes.