The Half-Life of Ruby Fielding

by Lydia Kang

There are no secrets about the world of nature. There are secrets about the thoughts and intentions of men. —J. Robert Oppenheimer

They say that a nuclear chain reaction begins with one simple event—the absorption of an extra nuclear particle—before calamity inevitably destroys everything it touches.

It was a funny thing: when every day was extraordinary, it was the ordinary that became ever so odd.

Maggie knew what it felt like when death was a better option than living.

The certainty that things were about to change for the better. It was a lie she embraced, no matter how often she told it to

They didn’t know what to do with it, except to fill it with words that gave away their inner thoughts—an arsenal of useful information.

We all have our own nightmares, custom made.

“You think that money makes you civilized? Or less greedy? It makes it easier for a person to hide how barbaric they really are.”

khaki-wacky girls.