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Stay indoors after nightfall, or you’ll be taken.
And it was always better to be on the approaching side of daylight, not the receding.
If you’re going to break a rule, have a good reason.
Clocks wind back Windows crack Signals fall Motors stall Long red thread Someone’s dead
She’d already seen three body bags carried out, and they still weren’t done.
But in every case? No one, no matter their personality or temperament, ever made a sound?
The Stitcher waits The Stitcher takes The Stitcher cuts The Stitcher shapes
Sometimes the worst things that happen to you come from the smallest decisions. You lean on the accelerator instead of the break. Or you shift your weight on the ladder. Or you leap into the pool headfirst without checking how deep the water is. Tiny, tiny mistakes that would have been inconsequential any other day. But for some reason, the universe’s gears get jammed at that exact second, and your tiny mistake permanently changes the remainder of your life.
It turned out a person could make the correct choice, and still feel strangled by regret.
You never know how you’ll act under pressure until you’re forced to find out.
