“You tell yourself he must be kidding, and eventually you learn to just shake your head—a tick to shrug off his inconsistencies. You tell yourself you will remain important to him. He can’t let you go.
These are the lies that keep you.”
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"Because her brain has an expansive capacity for nonsense, in the following weeks, in between work and class, Rachel becomes consumed by thoughts of Banjo Boy. Off the bat, she assumes he’s a terrific kisser but a bit of a let-down in bed, which is exactly what she’s looking for right now.”
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My family doesn’t usually dwell on death. I believe there is some sort of inherent understanding between us that life will go on without us, and so we had better jump back into the flow as soon as possible. For a while, reality cracks in the face of death, like a mirror we didn’t know we were holding...
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