“The way he loved was almost like a vise, a weight; at times she felt it verged on codependence--that his identity, his… — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
“It was the first time in her life that she considered clothing as a method of camoflaging our scars, the traumas of our lives.” — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
“Goddamn golf shirts and gym memberships and fake muscles and tans and cell phones and new cars. Trevor didn't care about any of that… — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
“Corn might be the epidemic that kills us, but I've always loved staring at a big field of it, perfectly planted.” — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
“The world is composed of people who are hungry, and those who are not hungry. It goes back to energy, to entropy. If you… — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
“something desperate, something ecstatic, some transference of, yes, energy” — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
“It feels like she's having some very sophisticated sleepover with her spiritual sensei or guru. She has always avoided the term LIFE COACH, finding… — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
“and read the books that always seem to Jenga up on her bedside table without her managing to actually read them” — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
“The way he loved was almost like a vise, a weight; at times she felt it verged on codependence--that his identity, his value system,… — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
“Winter in Wisconsin is the ideal time to avoid someone because our garments grow ever larger, ever thicker, and we go about the frozen… — Nickolas Butler Copy Share Image
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