All the Colors of the Dark

by Chris Whitaker

“I just wanted to show you that sometimes things survive despite the harshest of odds.”

“If you ever get the chance to make someone smile, or better yet, make someone laugh, then you take it. Each and every time,” Norma said. “What about if it’s at your own expense?” “Especially then.”

“We look at others with fucking trivial problems, and we think how long they’d last with a taste of our childhoods.”

“Time changes our ability to view the things that hurt us.” “But not the pain.”