“I wondered if this was a sign that, whatever happened this summer, I'd be the one with a scar.” — Kevin Wilson Scar Copy Share Image
“I grew up in the valley of that mountain, just poor enough that I could imagine a way out.” — Kevin Wilson Hope Copy Share Image
“[S]he found it impossible to move, the weight of her failure keeping her anchored to the sofa.” — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“Conventional lives are the perfect refuge if you are a terrible artist.” — Kevin Wilson Art Copy Share Image
“The toxicity of love coupled with pain can erode even the strongest heart.” — Kevin Wilson Love Copy Share Image
“I understand that art is a necessary component of a civilized society, but you cannot just go around shooting people. That's going… — Kevin Wilson Art Copy Share Image
“What you'll find, I think, is that the things you most want to avoid are the things that make you feel the… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“His writing had become, like a stash of rare and troubling pornography, something that must be kept hidden, an obsession that other… — Kevin Wilson Obsession Copy Share Image
I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain. — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“That does not surprise me,' Annie said and once again hung up the phone thinking that she had chosen to surround herself… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“Annie, no stranger to disappointment, felt the hope break down inside her body and disperse without any lingering effects.” — Kevin Wilson Disappointment Copy Share Image
I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“When she called her brother, Buster said that she should climb out the window of the bathroom and run away, which was… — Kevin Wilson Brother Copy Share Image
“The most likely victim of spontaneous human combustion is a solitary woman, 75 percent of all known cases of SHC are women.… — Kevin Wilson Fire Copy Share Image
“Up to this point, all I knew were beaten paths, tattooed with footprints, and I had come to the understanding that they… — Kevin Wilson Beaten path Copy Share Image
“Wyoming, to Annie, was represented by a blank, bleak space in her imagination. It was a place she could hide. The worst… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“You are very sweet," she told him after a year of dating, as they shared dessert at a restaurant, "but it's like… — Kevin Wilson Dating Copy Share Image
“He would teach himself to dislike what he actually liked, to approve of what he did not totally understand, in the hopes… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“These weird thoughts come into my head, and I don't even really want to think about it, but I can't let go… — Kevin Wilson Thoughts Copy Share Image
“Children are not guaranteed the luxuries of family, Ms. Wells," he said. "If people are unable to exist within the parameters that… — Kevin Wilson Children Copy Share Image
“It had all been fake, a choreographed event, but they could not escape the dread that rattled inside their chests. It was… — Kevin Wilson Art Copy Share Image
“He felt certain that he was a failure, every artistic endeavor ending with his own surprise at how little had come from… — Kevin Wilson Art Copy Share Image
“I know why you picked that movie,' he told her. Annie smiled and said, 'It fits our life in a few ways,… — Kevin Wilson Humor Copy Share Image
“With each deep, measured breath, she imagined that various parts of her body were slowly going numb, from her fingers to her… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“On the opening night of the Hazzard County High School production of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Buster was going to play… — Kevin Wilson High school Copy Share Image
“It was hard to see where he was going, and he was careful not to damage the camera, so expensive that his… — Kevin Wilson Mind Copy Share Image
“Honestly, Bessie? People don't care about anyone but themselves. They don't notice anything. They are never looking at what's interesting. They're always… — Kevin Wilson Culture Copy Share Image
“But do you enjoy it?” Annie asked. Raven stared at Annie’s reflection in the mirror. “I don’t hate it,” Raven said. “You… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“Annie took another sip of the vodka, letting the alcohol seep through her system, turning bad ideas into good ones.” — Kevin Wilson Bad idea Copy Share Image
“She's got a way of making a man feel guilty for certain things he'd never feel bad about on his own, like… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“He tried to think of all the people in his life as chemicals, the uncertainty of mixing them together, the potential for… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“Again,' he said and, without waiting for an answer, ran into the growing dark without fear, every single part of his body… — Kevin Wilson Fear Copy Share Image
“That's what emotions are, I think, complex and shifting, and yet we think that any deviation from what we're supposed to feel… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“...she wondered how he had gained such a calmness, a belief that every single piece of the universe fit neatly into another… — Kevin Wilson Calmness Copy Share Image
“Great art is difficult," Caleb said. After a few moments, he said, "But I don't understand why it has to be so… — Kevin Wilson Art Copy Share Image
Short stories, for me, it's like you step inside this brand new car and you drive it and you drive it into… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“What do you think I'm going to do?" she asked him. "Whatever it is," he answered, "I think you'll be terrified when… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
“Was this how trauma worked? she wondered. Those closest to it remained dumbfounded by the fact that those who weren't present could… — Kevin Wilson Enlightenment Copy Share Image
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