There was something in the pages of these books that had the power to make him feel better about things, a life raft to cling to before the dark currents of memory washed him downstream again, and on brighter days, he could even see himself going on this way for some time. A small but passable life. And then, of course, the end of the world happened.
Justin CroninAs long as we remember a person, they're not really gone. Their thoughts, their feelings, their memories, they become a part of us.
Justin CroninA baby was a fact. It was a being with a mind and a nature, and you could feel about it any way you liked, but a baby wouldn't care. Just by existing, it demanded that you believe in a future: the future it would crawl in, walk in, live in. A baby was a piece of time; it was a promise you made that the world made back to you.
Justin CroninYou learn to write by reading, and my experiences and tastes as a reader are pretty wide.
Justin CroninIt had never occurred to her that God would cry, but of course that was wrong. God would be crying all the time. He would cry and cry and never stop.
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