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“Ive matured. I have a much higher tolerance for boredom.”
“He knew for a fact that it was possible to fall and just keep falling.”
“Im only human, she told herself. Theres not enough room in my heart for everyone.”
“These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.”
“Sooner or later we all lose our loved ones. We all have to suffer, every last one of us.”
“Its a matter of dignity, the Chief explained. At a certain point, thats all you have left.”
“Nora had been training herself not to think too much about her kids. Not because she wanted to forget them - not at all - but because she wanted to remember them more accurately. For the same reaso...”
“To this day, shes still sad. Because theres not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. Im just saying that I took the pain that was inside of...”
“It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.”
“Next time shed have to ask him to keep the light on while he did it, so she could watch his face. That was the best part of the whole thing as far as she was concerned, the way a guys face contorte...”
“They both seemed to understand that describing it was beyond their powers, the gratitude that spreads through your body when a burden gets lifted, and the sense of homecoming that follows, when you...”
“Thats why we get involved with other people, right? Not just for their bodies, but for everything else, too their dreams and their scars and their stories.”
“Apparently even the most awful tragedies, and the people they'd ruined, got a little stale after a while.”
