Status Updates From The Blind Assassin

‘Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything—You’ll get over it, he says. You’ll live. The orange tulips—Yesterday I went to the doctor—He told me that I have developed what used to be called a heart, as if healthy people didn’t have one. It seems I will not after all keep on living forever—I should not have moved back here to live. But by that time I couldn’t think of anywhere—Better the devil you know.’