Under the Whispering Door

by T.J. Klune

Wallace whispered, “It’s easy to let yourself spiral and fall.” “It is,” Nelson agreed. “But it’s what you do to pull yourself out of it that matters most.”

“Because it’s your life,” Nelson said, coming to the other side of him. “It is what you make of it. No, it’s not always fair. No, it’s not always good. It burns and tears, and there are times when it crushes you beyond recognition. Some people fight against it. Others … can’t, though I don’t think they can be blamed for that. Giving up is easy. Picking yourself up isn’t. But we have to believe if we do, we can take another step. We can—”

“It’s never enough, is it? Time. We always think we have so much of it, but when it really counts, we don’t have enough at all.”