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August 25 - September 3, 2020
She remembered being that age, thinking the grace and ease of youth would last forever—getting old was something that happened to other people.
Aging.
He went to bed at night hugging his anger, holding it close as a lover. He feared if he let go of it, he would have nothing. He knew he was holding on to his pain, worrying it as one might pick at a scab, but it gave him a perverse sense of comfort.
He longed for the certainty and safety of fiction—in real life, monsters weren’t always vanquished, and heroes didn’t always win.
looking to stock their pantries.
Passengers swirled through Waverley Station like drops of cream in an unstirred cup of tea,
Somewhere in the distance, a dog howled mournfully as the fog thickened, wrapping the city of Edinburgh in its murky embrace.
seen. Why was it so easy for a dumb animal to find peace and happiness in this world, while human beings created wars so they could hack at one another, spending untold hours thinking up new ways to inflict harm?
Humanity
No matter where his journey might take him, Ian knew he would spend the rest of his life coming to know this city of saints and sinners, with all its dark corners and contradictions. There was some comfort in that—as well as the promise of adventure, he thought as he trudged up the hill toward Victoria Terrace, and home.
