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“Cyrus was trying desperately to keep himself upright. He scoured his mind to find the vital information around how to stand like a person, how to inhabit a body, but there was only shadow, shadows of half-remembered shadows. He felt like a windmill stilled in a field… All Cyrus could hear was ringing in his brain, some ear cell's final song, a frequency never to be heard again.”
— Jan 03, 2026 08:53AM
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Maria
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“What I really loved, what I love, is having-painted… Making something that would never have existed in the entirety of humanity had I not been there at that specific moment to make it. I resented work for this reason more than any other. The countless paintings that would never exist because I had to be working for money instead of painting. I resented my body for the same reasons…”
— Jan 03, 2026 09:01PM
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“If he'd had a block of marble he could've carved the David. If he'd had a sword he could have sliced through a car. If he'd had a mother she'd be delirious with pride, holding him against her chest, wiping away his tears.”
— Dec 31, 2025 11:40AM
