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“She was struck by the selfish thought that this was not fair to her. That she’d been in the middle of a different story, one that had nothing to do with this. She was a person who was finding her daughter, making things right with her daughter, and there was no room in that story for the idiocy of extreme religion, the violence of men she’d never met.” Continued in comments
— Jan 15, 2026 05:38PM
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I’m simultaneously intrigued and pulled in by this plot but also find myself zoning out mid-page about other things 🤔
— Jan 10, 2026 05:42PM
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Jan 15, 2026 05:42PM
“Just as she’d been in the middle of a story about divorce when the towers fell in New York City, throwing everyone’s careful plans to shut. Just as she’d once been in a story about raising her own brother, growing up with her brother in the city on their own, making it in the world, when the virus and the indifference of greedy men had steamrolled through. She thought of Nora, whose art and love were interrupted by assassination and war. Stupid men and their stupid violence, tearing apart everything good that was ever built. Why couldn’t you ever just go after your life without tripping over some idiot’s dick?”
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"...everyone’s careful plans to shut." < Autocorrect strikes again
