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He'd fought hard, Lida told me, as if there was another way to fight.

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Her underwear, her jeans, the comforter, my corduroys and my boxers between us, I thought. Five layers, and yet I felt it, the nervous warmth of touch...more

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When she fucked up all those years ago, just a little girl terrified into paralysis, she fell onto the enigma of herself.

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Colder by the hour, more dead with every breath.

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I looked over at Augustus Waters, who looked back at me. You could almost see through his eyes they were so blue. "There will come a time," I said, "w...more

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What I love about the sculpture is that it makes the bones that we are always walking and playing on manifest, like in a world that so often denies th...more

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In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business—and I wanted to try to reflect that.

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Hazel has to realize that her mom was wrong when she said, “I won’t be a mother anymore.” The truth is, after Hazel dies (assuming she dies), her mom ...more

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How wil we ever get out of this labyrinth of suffering?

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Like many people, I feel like celebrating. Remember this feeling. It is human, and can help us understand when others express bloodlust.

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We just did an awesome job of not dying.

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Hey, it’s Col. I’m standing in a soybean field outside of Gutshot, Tennessee, which is a long story, and it’s hot. K. I’m standing here sweating like ...more

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He was a dying man looking down on the surgeons trying to save him.

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I was caught in a love triangle with one dead side.

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People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the though of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing....more