A.s. King

We are all made from star dust and we will all return to star dust, like a cosmic palindrome.

— A.S. King

“I wager that most human beings do five things a day they cannot logically explain.”

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“People pleasers make the best victims. I see it all the time at work.”

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“How many things do I have to invent in my head to survive this?”

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“She launched the airplane and it caught a current and circled down toward the town, like a promise of something good.”

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“But what’s crazy and what’s sane when everything is possible and yet nothing ever happens?”

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“The youth choir is up onstage now, in flowing white gowns, and they're singing something in the key of goose-bumps.”

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“I'm not questioning *my* sexuality as much as I'm questioning the strict definitions and boxes of all *sexualities* and why we care…

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I'm sorry, but I don't get it. If we're supposed to ignore everything that's wrong with our lives, then I can't see…

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“Lara Jones never fails to tell me that my reading about war makes me weird, but I can't get her fascination with…

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“The trick is remembering that change is as easy as you make it. The trick is remembering that you are the boss…

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“Do you think we'll get married one day?" I said. "To each other?" Charlie asked. "No, silly. I mean to other people."…

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“I knew that once I went looking, I’d need a man like Dad—dependable and respectful toward women, and not into porn or…

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“The willow is green; flowers are read. The flower is not red; nor is the willow green. Same went for Charlie. Charlie…

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“I want my life to be easier than this. I mean, I know I'm not some starving kid who has to wash…

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“I get the urge to feel it, too, so when she takes her hand away, I turn her toward me and I…

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“All those people who are chained here thinking that their reputations matter and this little shit matters are so freaking shortsighted. Dude,…

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“Maybe the adults around me were too cynical and old to do anything to help innocent people like Mrs. Kahn or Charlie,…

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“I sit on my bed and think about Nader McMillan and wonder what I’m going to do. Ignore him. Stand up to…

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“The thing you don't see while you're still there on Earth is how easy it is to change your mind. When you're…

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“She looks at me as we walk under a streetlight. “You’re really handsome, you know that?” I don’t know what to say.…

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“Always? I know this sounds totally stupid, but sometimes I really can't see the point in living if I will always have…

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“There is something magical about the world at night. Sitting at the dining room table, sipping a glass of iced tea, I…

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“No patience. No kisses. No hugs. Just a tweezers and some rubbing alcohol, and a stinging sensation that never goes away.”

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“And really–I would rather suck truck fumes than deal with this sort of shit forever. Mom says that Nader is a loser…

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“Sure, Mom. They stop and say hello, and then once you pass they talk the back off you like you were nothing.…

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“EVERYONE deserves to be happy. But no one gets there by freaking out or sulking or running. So. Here's a tissue. Clean…

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“True love includes equal parts good and bad, but true loves sticks around and doesn't run off to Vegas with a podiatrist.”

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“On one hand, it's nice on the other side. Secrets don't exist. There's nothing to ignore, and no destiny. On the other…

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“What Vera doesn’t know is: I’d kill to be a pickle on her Big Mac—ground to relish between her perfect white teeth.…

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“She wore too much eyeliner then, at age thirteen, and now, at eighteen, she wears so much black under her eyes, she…

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“They don't know what love is. Here they learn what hate is, and I am so sad that they might never know…

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“We're sitting there, her smoking, me watching her smoke, and it's too quiet, so I do what I've done my whole life…

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“And if any of you has a problem with any of it, then it's *your* problem. Being gay is hard enough without…

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“Because with Charlie, nothing was ever easy. Everything was windswept and octagonal and finger-combed. Everything was difficult and odd, and the theme…

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I can't stop myself from reaching for the bottle that's under my seat. I've gone all night without a sip, but it's…

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“And i wish I didn't have to lie so much. I don't think Frank Socrates would approve of all this lying. I…

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“--he stopped and eyed Bill Corso--"if you choose to just sit here like a bored jungle gorilla, you will have to write…

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“Look at that, Vera.” I tilt my head back and see a sky full of stars. “Can you tell which one is…

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“Oh. I get it now. God had Nader beat my ass and my mom leave my dad just so Jodi could learn…

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