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Safe, he’d say at the end of the day. Safe, instead of good night, or I love you. She never knew if he meant they were safe, or the rest of the world was.

It was yes.

the moon is full of demons

“I mourned you, Tad, but I let you go. In time, Donna did, too. That’s not wrong, is it? Forgetting is what would be wrong. Holding on too tightly… I think that makes monsters.”

chapter's so looooong i almost dnf but once i got past the dread, it was okay.

Laurie looked up at him with her amber eyes. He wondered, as he almost always did, just what it was she saw in the face looking down into hers. Like the stars he saw when he took her out at night, it was a mystery. And that was good. A little mystery was good, especially when the years closed down.

“There’s a big difference between temporary excitement and mortal fear, Craig. As I think we both know.”

“Spaceships can’t exceed it or they go backwards in time or maybe just disintegrate. That’s the science. But pure mind, Detective… that can make the jump..."

One of his grandma’s aphorisms (she had many) came to mind: Most people will be reasonable if you speak soft and give them a chance.

“That you know of,” Grandma said. She was the kind of woman who always got the last word.

"When things go wrong, just remind yourself ‘God owes me.’ And God always pays His debts.”

He can tell the truth; that won’t get him in trouble. Trying to explain the truth might.

“Yes,” Willie said, and stroked the skin between his lip and nose with one finger.

sent shivers down my spine 👁️👄👁️

"A man dressed in rags pushed a large cart that already contained two corpses— a child and young woman, their skin tinted yellow. The cart was not heavy, but the man walked slowly, as if he were pushing the weight of the world... I understand why the cart man walked so slowly. Death was a heavy companion."

"Had she ever enjoyed anything? Had every day been a struggle? Perhaps death would be a release, a rest for the weary."

"We have ugly days ahead of us. No sugar for anyone, rich or poor, no-no."

WTAF

"It’s all right to want what you can’t have. You learn to live with it."