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Katherine thinks “no one was ever truly ready [to die], not even the dying.”

The heart of this book is the fear of mortality

“Hell of a thing, learning you have an anxiety disorder in your fifties.”

Keisling depicts a complete mental health journey within these pages. It’s so relatable

“Go fuck off to your garden, Gary”
😂 yeah fuck Gary

Playing host to a cosmic parasite 🪱 ☄️

“To taste Our gift is to accept Our gift. To refuse is to become a prisoner in your body. All you are will wither away until your mind is but dust. Accepts us or dissolve into nothing”

👀 👀 oh, shit

Origins of the neighborhood — Bailey’s Rock 🐮 🪱 💀

This is so unsettling and menacing. I love it

Nothing selfish in looking after your own sanity

“I suppose every monster needs a Renfield.”

Jerry suspects the realtor 👀

“Arthur’s a cult of personality, and they’re all drinking his Kool-Aid.”

Fairview looks like Heaven’s Gate

Other Fairview residents have experienced intense joint pain like Jerry, then came memory loss, all of it is chalked up to dementia and sundowner’s dementia