Chromed long-haulers glinted like showgirls among logging…

“Charles Snow had been as spiritually curious as a fence post, and Pete doubted that his father had ever changed in any meaningful way,…

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“gets back to his car: three quarters, evenly”

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“The judge waved him off, and closed the door.”

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“Sarcasm is just anger.” “You’re an idiot.”

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“did I do that?” She reached over and took two cigarettes from the pack and lit one for him and handed it to him…

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“man who’d won a bet with a good friend. Pearl stiffened and said he could take what God”

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“...the world is a blade and dread is hope cut open and spread inside out.”

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“Is one woman all women, he asked himself. Do they know what they do to us. Do they try on cocks like shoes, and…

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“At this point, even Jesus and Satan just wish you’d choose a fucking side.”

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“Pete slept too, his chin resting on his chest. He dreamed as well. A diamond turned on his forehead. A tree. He was a…

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“Pete scoffed. “That ranch is a hobby.”

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“...as jumpy as a fart in a skillet.”

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“Maybe it was the state of childhood to not question and fear everything, it’d been so long, Pete couldn’t remember.”

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