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“This morning, the sun endures past dawn. I realise that it is August: the summer's last stand.”
“This morning, I see the lead in my glass tumbler. A slim, bright glint, a silverfish. I feel it collecting in my blood, papercutting the lining of my veins.”
“It's too warm for red wine; now I mix gin and tonics instead. I find they make the ordinary sensation of living lighter, less ruffled.”
“I know with unqualified certainty that I want to die. But I also know with equivalent certainty that I won't do anything about it. That I will only remain here and wait for death to indulge me.”
“I lie down and think about how this whole long, strange summer ought to end in a substantial event. But, probably, won't. For the first time I acknowledge the possibility that nothing will die, or ...”
“In the face of immense tragedy—yet again—unexpected beauty.”
“It’s time to accept that I am average, and to stop making this acceptance of my averageness into a bereavement.”
