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October 2 - October 11, 2019
[I]t is always possible that the solution to one mystery will solve another. —TRUMAN CAPOTE, IN COLD BLOOD
The gray porch paint glows with the gentle luminescence of a cloudy sky.
This moment that had changed everything inside me had changed nothing for him.
The boys’ attention frees me to feel loved. The boys are a threat. I don’t know how to recognize when love and hurt are mingled. It’s all I’ve known them to be. I can’t tell who’s safe and who’s not, can’t tell what safety even is. I only know I need someone to be.
What you see in Ricky may depend more on who you are than on who he is.
When a lifeline comes, you don’t evaluate whether it’s the right one. You just grab for it, and hold on.
Los Angeles is a city of people from elsewhere, come to make their fortunes.
women in Lilly Pulitzer dresses whose hair stayed perfectly blow-dried even in the humidity.
It’s summer, but the East Coast ocean air is chilled
