I feel the flatline of my existence disrupting, forming heartbeat hills and valleys — Isaac Marion Existence Copy Share Image
“Ich sehne mich nach Ausrufezeichen, aber ich ertrinke in Ellipsen.” — Isaac Marion Welt Copy Share Image
“It's a shitty world and shit happens, but we don't have to bathe in shit.” — Isaac Marion Shit Copy Share Image
She is Living and I'm Dead, but I'd like to believe we're both human. Call me an idealist. — Isaac Marion Believe Copy Share Image
God has made us study partner. We need to talk about our project. — Isaac Marion Education Copy Share Image
Can we really choose anything?' 'Maybe. If we want to bad enough. — Isaac Marion Enough Copy Share Image
“The opposite of memory--hope. SO things that are gone can still matter. So we can build off our pasts and make futures.” — Isaac Marion Hope Copy Share Image
I notice faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too symmetrical to be accidents. — Isaac Marion Accidents Copy Share Image
“There is mud everywhere, slicking the asphalt and piling up in corners along with the detritus of daily life: pop cans, cigarette… — Isaac Marion Daily life Copy Share Image
“There's no rule book for the world. It's in our heads, our collective human hive-mind. If there are rules, we're the ones… — Isaac Marion Books Copy Share Image
There is a chasm between me and the world outside of me. A gap so wide my feelings can't cross it. By… — Isaac Marion Chasms Copy Share Image
The shadows of the room pool in the lines of our faces, draining our eyes of hue. "There's nothing left worth saying. — Isaac Marion Eye Copy Share Image
“I like how you remember things,’ I say. She looks at me. ‘Well, we have to. We have to remember everything. If… — Isaac Marion Bodies Copy Share Image
“Maybe eventually winter will finish our job for us and end the world in ice instead of blood.” — Isaac Marion Death Copy Share Image
I know I'm not going to say good-bye. And if these staggering refugees want to help, if they think they see something… — Isaac Marion Bigger Copy Share Image
Every time I go to sleep, I know I may never wake up. How could anyone expect to? You drop your tiny,… — Isaac Marion Beast Copy Share Image
“Everything dies eventually. We all know that. People, cities, whole civilations. Nothing lasts. So if existence was just binary, dead or alive,… — Isaac Marion Existence Copy Share Image
“In my short life I made so many choices just because i thought they were required, but my dad was right: there's… — Isaac Marion Choice Copy Share Image
“There’s no benchmark for how life’s ‘supposed’ to happen, Perry. There is no ideal world for you to wait around for. The… — Isaac Marion Ideal world Copy Share Image
What happened to the world was gradual. I've forgotten what it actually was, but I have faint, fetal memories of what it… — Isaac Marion Caught Copy Share Image
“ARE YOU ASKING ME WHAT THOUGHTS YOU SHOULD THINK?? What kind of Orwellian police state do you think I'm running here? Think… — Isaac Marion Police state Copy Share Image
“It feels like days since we've made eye contact. We avoid it like we expect to be injured. When did we learn… — Isaac Marion Eye contact Copy Share Image
She gathers my half of the blankets around her and curls up against the wall. She will sleep for hours more, dreaming… — Isaac Marion Age Copy Share Image
“I look down at myself, but I don't need to. I can feel it. My hot blood is pounding through my body,… — Isaac Marion Second chance Copy Share Image
“The sun goes down and my headlights bathe the trees and bushes. What's behind the Cascade Mountains? Winthrop. Bridgeport. The Grand Coulee… — Isaac Marion Haven Seen Copy Share Image
“I find a grin spreading across my face. I don't know what I'm doing, how I'm doing it, or what will happen… — Isaac Marion Road Going Copy Share Image
“Was it just fear? the voices wonder. We were fearful in the best of times; how could we cope with the worst?… — Isaac Marion Fear Copy Share Image
“Good people care more about people than food. They try to help people and don’t give up even when they get hungry.… — Isaac Marion Bad people Copy Share Image
“And they got blackout drunk one night and it just happened. It was basically an accident, and he gave me the most… — Isaac Marion Bullshit Copy Share Image
“The knowledge feels grotesque in my mind but I grasp it and hold it tight, etching it deep into my memory. Why… — Isaac Marion Anonymous Copy Share Image
...thinking all this maximalism would somehow generate happiness? — Isaac Marion Happiness Copy Share Image
What happened? How did I get here? How could I have known that my choices mattered? — Isaac Marion Choice Copy Share Image
“The harder a place is to reach, the more likely reaching it will be worthwhile.” — Isaac Marion Reaching Copy Share Image
