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my mother’s version of adulthood was reconstructive. she built a very tiny box for me and called it a life. i knew i’d have to kill lawrence to make sense to her, to fit in this box, and i tried killing her every day for years to make my mother happy. IS THIS FUCKING PLAY ABOUT US.

y'alllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll. omigod

perfectly captures the feeling of falling in love with a girl in high school and being enraptured by the idea of her brushing her teeth or chewing on watermelon gum more than the idea of her being completely naked

the basic self-estrangement of growing up …

UGHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOO

nonononononono NOT THE GAY DOG MAN ON ALL FOURS

girl EEEEEEEEEK

swallowing a click in his throat

it was possible to graduate from passive to active, to take the thing that had once driven you nearly to madness as a neutral prize of no more than occasional academic interest (!!!!!!!)

reading this in the dead of winter was the best decision

not the exact same version but alas, this was the one with the same page #. ya yeet ya 😼 i finally won’t be culturally behind

ur joking

getting hit by shrapnel and having it lodged into your sternum tease 😜🤭

getting the flu means reading for distraction 😃😃 and by reading i mean reading the most devastating scenes you’ve ever seen on paper

visibly grimacing and groaning in public reading this :D

oh jesus

lila:(

:( bro

WHAAAAAAAaaaaat

why do i need an entire book about lila

FINALLY SOME CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND, RAWR

that’s enough r*pe for me for one night

EEK