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“I first understood why Christians prayed for a savior in the form of a beautiful man. He had absolved me of the blue-streaked blond.”
“It was all so foolish then, as it is now, as it is forever. To be in love with beauty. To try to hold on to it.”
“I knew beauty for me would only ever be derived from loss.”
“You can get the answer of your every question in the empty hands of the beggar. But still you are questioning why his hands are empty.”
“People often say Just look for the silver lining. But what do you say to the person surrounded by fog? They dont see a fluffy object in the sky, blocking the sun for a moment or two. But instead, t...”
“My brain came alight with tenderness for her. I felt so sorry for everything. I yearned to embrace her, kiss her even, to stay with her, always her, my sister, my friend to the end. It was a story ...”
“I wanted to walk faster, to run, far as possible from her, from my entire life, from the first day I ever saw her always just a few steps ahead.”
“Don't fall in love or let anyone's life become more important than your own.”
“I am a memory house for those I have lost, those I no longer know.”
“There was a sudden stillness like the gap between ticks on a clock, but the next tick never coming.”
“Life without dreams or goals such as life without vision.”
“There is the body of history ever atop of us, and the body of memory rustling within us. Between the two, we are crushed.”
“I look out at the reservation, still and glittering with casinos, and think of all the death dried up and buried in its dirt.”
“I faded out. I was for a moment my father tapping on his cigarette, the way he holds it, crushing it flat. I was my mother at the sink, staring into the desert from the kitchen window, dishes in ha...”
“We remained talking, fighting gently or viciously for what seemed like hours, but it was only minutes or perhaps a second, because it was only a dream.”
“With this man I will never want. With this man I will never be sad again.”
“I remember wanting to flee her, and being unable to flee her, so in need of her and half hating her for it, and I still am nauseous from it.”
“Let's just stand still. Maybe whoever it is won't notice us. It's dark out anyway." Both boys knew it could just be someone from the local village but their hearts were starting to beat faster anyw...”
“I have forgiven Sonora. I have forgiven New York, forsaken the recursion of history. But I do not yet know how to forgive myself.”
“If there is a gain and loss in business, feedback control is my business.”
