‘The thought seemed to have flown into his head like a bird—impossible, out-of-place, smashing around. It didn’t belong there. It couldn’t get out.’ (p. 213)
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"There are writers who can show you the excellence of their brains and writers who show you the depths of their souls: I don't know any writer who does both at the same time as brilliantly as Roxane Gay."
~ Elizabeth McCracken, born today, 1966.
