“She wanted to lunge for him then. In that moment Sheila wanted to charge her whole self into his body, pull out a tibia or a femur and squeeze its proteins to dust. She felt like she had more strength… — Sarah Bruni Copy Share Image
“In the middle of the night, it was always the same. The dreams told the dreamer, pay attention. The dreams told the dreamer, consider… — Sarah Bruni Copy Share Image
“There was always dirt under his fingernails when he rested his hands on the counter, and his hands were broad and calloused, like maybe… — Sarah Bruni Copy Share Image
“There are always entire worlds that exist alongside the one you think you’ve chosen to live in. Sometimes you chose the worlds, and sometimes… — Sarah Bruni Copy Share Image
“Just because you knew the cause of something didn’t mean your body would learn how not to process this, how to sensibly react. The… — Sarah Bruni Copy Share Image
“He wanted to be free of so many obligations, and he’d gotten what he wanted. He was free. It was a terrible feeling.” — Sarah Bruni Copy Share Image
“There was no way to compare the feeling of being forgiven to anything else in this world.” — Sarah Bruni Copy Share Image
“But when you understood things like that, like the plain fact that everyone was, by living in a body, completely alone—entering the world that… — Sarah Bruni Copy Share Image
“She wanted to lunge for him then. In that moment Sheila wanted to charge her whole self into his body, pull out a tibia… — Sarah Bruni Copy Share Image