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However, if I had lost my eye, I would’ve walked up to him and held him down in the snow—and let the blood from my empty eye socket spill into his laughing mouth.


“Sometimes being offered tenderness feels like the very proof that you've been ruined.”
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
― On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

“What we share may be a lot like a traffic accident but we get one another. We are survivors of each other. We have been shark to one another, but also lifeboat. That counts for something.”
― Cat’s Eye
― Cat’s Eye

“Grief is love's souvenir. It's our proof that we once loved. Grief is the receipt we wave in the air that says to the world: Look! Love was once mine. I love well. Here is my proof that I paid the price.”
― Love Warrior
― Love Warrior

“It's not man's job to think about whether God exists or not, especially when you know that right in front of your eyes one person is stepping on another's neck.”
― Beauty Is a Wound
― Beauty Is a Wound

“We pretend to want things we don't want so nobody can see us not getting what we need.”
― Three Women
― Three Women
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