We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the version of the world they really believed in.

I don’t know what you’re feeling, I won’t even pretend

Some cities have fallen into ruin and some are built upon ruins but others contain their own ruins while still growing.

The mind self-edits. The mind airbrushes. It's a different thing to be inside a body than outside. From outside, you can look, inspect, compare. From inside there is no comparison.

Dr. Armonson stitched up her wrist wounds. Withen 5 minutes of the transfusion he declared her out of danger. Chucking her under the chin, he said, "What are you doing here, honey? Your not even old enough to know how bad life gets." And it was then Cecelia gave orally what was to be her only form of suicide note, and a useless one at that, because she was going to live: "Obviously, Doctor," she said, "you've never been a 13 year old girl.

This can't be true but I remember it.

It was morning by the clock but deepest nighttime in his body.