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"Grateful that his losses have as yet gone only so far and no further. That God in his unknowable wisdom and mercy has left him this much. The cool touch of her hand at his face. The flash of chewing gum, the black tights. His mother, his brother, safe and well. Books he hasn't read yet. Opening theme of the Concerto No. 24. Can he imagine anything less like himself? And yet here he is."
— Dec 09, 2024 10:03PM
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alyssa
is on page 445 of 464
"You believe in god? he asks.
Oh, says Peter. I'm not sure, I don't know. I suppose I would say, I try to.
Ivan looks back at him calmly, somehow wisely. Same, he says. That I try to. Although it doesn't work, but I do my best.
In his chest a sweet stirring pain like a hand catching holding tight.
Mm, he says. Me too."
— Dec 09, 2024 10:22PM
Oh, says Peter. I'm not sure, I don't know. I suppose I would say, I try to.
Ivan looks back at him calmly, somehow wisely. Same, he says. That I try to. Although it doesn't work, but I do my best.
In his chest a sweet stirring pain like a hand catching holding tight.
Mm, he says. Me too."
alyssa
is on page 430 of 464
"Is that the sum total of your gender identity, she said, you're just desperate for everyone to respect you? He said he would have to think about it. Then added: I mean, maybe."
i have spent half of this reading experience shaking my head at peter POVs so everyone knows i disagree
— Dec 09, 2024 10:09PM
i have spent half of this reading experience shaking my head at peter POVs so everyone knows i disagree
