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“Regina knew well enough that Arlene was not as sleazy as the space in her teeth suggested.”

LOL, is this a thing 😂🤣

“Time is just a wobbly, blank surface full of smoke. Pain made the wind blow and the ground still.”

“This was my first trip alone into the world, something I thought improbable but not impossible like touching the moon until you find a piece in an exhibit. ”

“The thing about old people is that they see how fantastic a disappointment the world is turning out, and deep down inside they know it’s all their fault. This doesn’t make for a particularly regretful segment of the population. Somehow they become mischievous and crafty.”

“The walls softly expanded and contracted; it was like being eaten alive. I thought to ask the girl to dance, but her eyebrows stopped me. Her eyebrows. They were wide as the bristles on my toothbrush. Enormous.”

“You don’t want to wait until children are nearly adults before you introduce death and cruelty. They might not know how to handle it, might develop inappropriate fascinations.”

“I understand that knowing the end would be useful as knowing the origin of the seed that made my lemonade; it won’t be any yellower, and it won’t taste any better.”

“After too many decades of pork rinds and fried catfish consumption there came the need for Aunt Arlene to die. ”

“So there I was, on her lap, big as a pillow with round eyes and a heartbeat, hypoallergenic.”

“Gamers aren’t all black tees and adenoids like Kieshandra says. Gaming is the great equalizer, for sure. Race, disabilities, and that bullshit go out into the wind. For $59.99 plus tax we all become gods of light and destiny, sadistic in our will to see each other subdued.”