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“What scares me is the notion that we’re all one rotten moment, one crushed hope or hollow stomach, from stuffing someone blameless on a cage.”

“For the few seconds you notice that sleep has found you— on your way down to it or on your way up— that’s when the world can almost fit. Chaos, horror, the great unspooling— all suspended. How long could anyone last without such rest?”

“How wonderful it was to say her name again. Just the alert and feathered sound of it made everything come up right for a minute.”