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Page 111, EMDR (eye movement desensitization) and the traps and trappings of therapy. Trauma, and low expectations.

“I preferred abandoned over forsaken—and estranged to abandoned. I loved with abandon. It’s something I still take with me. Estranged is a word with focus on absence. I can’t afford to think of lack—I’d rather be liberated by it.”

Deadpan, sober writing.

“Rose, Lillis’s dog, was running around. She looked like a white woman’s dog. She was a blond mutt and looked like the type of dog that was meant to be roadkill, but rescue missions for stupid dogs interfered with the natural world.”

“[L]ove can be mediocre and a safe comfort, or it can be unhinged and hurtful. Either seemed like a good life.”