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Next she turned the gun upward and thrust the muzzle into her mouth. Now it was aimed directly at her cerebrum-- the gray labyrinth where consciousnes...more

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The role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a single problem into another form. ... It was like a piece of paper bearing the indeciph...more

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The new day is almost here, but the old one is still dragging its heavy skirts. Just as ocean water and river water struggle against each other at a r...more

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Exactly. When is comes to anything halfway important, you just don't get it. It's amazing to me that you can put a piece of fiction together''Yeah, we...more

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Like someone excitedly relating a story, only to find the words petering out, the path gets narrower the further I go, the undergrowth taking over.

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Your heart is like a great river after a long spell of rain, spilling over its banks. All signposts that once stood on the ground are gone, inundated ...more

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It was as if - this something I thought of only later, of course - she was gently peeling back one layer after another that covered a person's heart, ...more

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It was as if - this something I thought of only later, of course - she were gently peeling back one layer after another that covered a person's heart,...more

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There are some things in this world that can be done over, and some that can't. And time passing is one thing that can't be redone. Come this tar, and...more

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There are some things in this world that can be done over, and some that can't. And time passing is one thing that can't be undone. Come this far, and...more

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It was as if-this is something I thought of only later, of course-she was gently peeling bcd one layer after another hat covered a person's heart, a v...more

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In the end, like so many beautiful promises in our lives, that dinner date never came to be.

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Memory is like fiction: or else it's fiction that's like memory.

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Memory is like fiction: or else it' fiction that's like memory.