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Cole Chellgren
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"Seeing the joy in my wife's face, I was witnessing another miracle. One, for a long time, I believed I would never see again. Love so potent, so whole and true, that it hurts, because even when you convince yourself that it will last forever, you know enough of the world to see how things break and fade, but somehow, some way, you believe this love will be the excep-tion. That it alone will last" (Brown 496).
— Jul 31, 2026 06:51PM
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Cole Chellgren
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"This is not the end. I loved you before I ever
met you. I will love you until the sun dies. And when it does, I will love you in the darkness" (Brown 582).
— Aug 03, 2026 06:14PM
met you. I will love you until the sun dies. And when it does, I will love you in the darkness" (Brown 582).
Cole Chellgren
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"You destroyed her home. You murdered her sisters. Now you come to take her father. She was a frivolous girl. She would have lived in peace, Darrow, but you have brought her nothing but war" (Brown 565). Oh my god the irony
— Aug 03, 2026 06:13PM
Cole Chellgren
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""We're going to the Citadel," Pax says from behind me.
"Maybe you didn't hear.." I turn and find the tip of a razor centimeters from my right eyeball. He stands in a fencer's position.
"Comply, citizen. Or I'll be forced to learn how to fly a ship."" (Brown 553)
— Aug 03, 2026 06:12PM
"Maybe you didn't hear.." I turn and find the tip of a razor centimeters from my right eyeball. He stands in a fencer's position.
"Comply, citizen. Or I'll be forced to learn how to fly a ship."" (Brown 553)
Cole Chellgren
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"Cool shock ignites in my cells from my nipples down through my legs and toes, like I've been dunked in ice water. "Oh. I've been shot,"
"Have you been shot before?" Pax asks warily.
"Not exactly. Congratulations, you just saw me get my cherry popped," I say through chattering teeth" (Brown 552).
— Aug 03, 2026 06:11PM
"Have you been shot before?" Pax asks warily.
"Not exactly. Congratulations, you just saw me get my cherry popped," I say through chattering teeth" (Brown 552).
Cole Chellgren
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[Electra (9yo) takes a 2 second glance down a hall of incoming fire and reports exact # of tangos and names the exact make and models of their weaponry]
So, no dolls for you, huh? [Ephraim]
Was this your plan?...How is this your plan? [Electra]
Yap yap yap. You're the one who got kidnapped, dumbass. [Ephraim, who literally kidnapped her]" (Brown 548-549).
— Aug 03, 2026 06:08PM
So, no dolls for you, huh? [Ephraim]
Was this your plan?...How is this your plan? [Electra]
Yap yap yap. You're the one who got kidnapped, dumbass. [Ephraim, who literally kidnapped her]" (Brown 548-549).
Cole Chellgren
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"I'm about to leave when I catch sight of a familiar splash of blue and yellow paint on a canvas out of the corner of my eye. It can't be...I laugh incredulously at the picture of Dalí's dread monster: in bright, cracked colors soft watches drape over a tree branch and against the corner of a brown shelf. It is La persistencia de la memoria" (Brown 547).
— Aug 03, 2026 05:48PM
Cole Chellgren
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"-Watch him for a moment. Stick him if he gets out of line. [Ephraim]
-Immobilizing strike or just a flesh wound? [Electra, a literal 9 year old]
-Goryhell. Just watch him. Little psycho. [Ephraim]" (Brown 547)
— Aug 03, 2026 05:44PM
-Immobilizing strike or just a flesh wound? [Electra, a literal 9 year old]
-Goryhell. Just watch him. Little psycho. [Ephraim]" (Brown 547)
Cole Chellgren
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"They're going to murder me. That's why they brought me to see the ants. They're going to kill me and feed me to the fucking ants...My heart plummets even further into my intestines, hitting each rib on its way down" (Brown 533).
— Aug 03, 2026 05:32PM
Cole Chellgren
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"Communication is the soul of civilization. Otherwise were like them, aren't we? [I nod to the ants.] "Carrying, ferrying, digging, and toiling. If you express yourself only through your work, what are you but an ant?" (Brown 532).
— Aug 03, 2026 05:30PM
Cole Chellgren
is 75% done
"The display does not warm my heart. It shows the vile, maggoty innards of this family. I feel tainted being here with them, breathing the same air, and want nothing more than to be done with this. To be home with my family, to feel real love, not this weird tapestry of domination and cruelty they've woven" (Brown 438).
— Jul 26, 2026 06:28AM