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Stories Quotes by Richard Siken
- Knot the tie and go to work, unknot the tie and go to sleep. I sleep. I dream. I wake. I sing. I get out…
- I’ve been rereading your story. I think it’s about me in a way that might not be flattering, but that’s okay. We dream and dream…
- This is my favorite part. It starts and ends here. The pebbles shine, the plan worked, Hansel Triumphant. Lesson number one: be sneaky and have…
- The narrator blames the birds. And you want to blame the birds as well. I blamed the birds for a long time. But in this…
- Imagine that the world is made out of love. Now imagine that it isn’t. Imagine a story where everything goes wrong, where everyone has their…
- I never liked that ending either. More love streaming out the wrong way, and I don't want to be the kind that says the wrong…
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