But Dess wasn’t shining. He was just a dumb tart in someone else’s frock staring down failure like you could ever make failure blink. Failure was here before you and she’ll be here after you and she won’t even notice you go
Alma Kanafinahas quotedlast year
Only the uncool have the requisite alone time to advance their species.
Karla Montalvohas quoted2 years ago
There’s no real power in this—it’s just something I do to try to make myself less afraid when the monsters are near
Karla Montalvohas quoted2 years ago
’s like a throat that doesn’t start with a mouth or end in lungs
Karla Montalvohas quoted2 years ago
and then the throat sighs behind me
Karla Montalvohas quoted2 years ago
big, heavy gust of moist air tickles the hairs on my skin
Karla Montalvohas quoted2 years ago
when I turn back, it’s still just paint on a rooftop
Karla Montalvohas quoted2 years ago
and I ain’t never been right in the head
Karla Montalvohas quoted2 years ago
Yes. The city is breathing easier
Karla Montalvohas quoted2 years ago
This is the lesson: great cities are like any other living things, being born and maturing and wearying and dying in their turn