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“Men. If you give them half a chance, they'll fuck you over just to prove they can.”
“She told him that he had the most beautiful voice she'd ever heard, that it sounded like whiskey and wood smoke.”
“I will not dream anymore, you said. I will not set myself up for the pain. But then your team made the playoffs, or you saw a movie, or a billboard glowing dusky orange and advertising Aruba, or a ...”
“Lately, though, he'd just been tired in general. Tired of people. Tired of books and TV and the nightly news and songs on the radio he'd heard years before and hadn't liked much in the first place....”
“The harsh light above them caught her face, and Sean could see what she'd look like when she was much older - a handsome woman, scarred by wisdom she never asked for.”
“Brendan knew about the truth. In most cases, it was just a matter of deciding whether you wanted to look it in the face or live with the comfort of ignorance and lies. And ignorance and lies were o...”
“Hed never wanted kids. Outside of priority boarding on an airline, he couldnt see the upside to them. They took over your life and filled you with terror and weariness and people acted like having ...”
