“Imagine the one god himself has reversed his clock and reversed your regrets. Imagine knowing the bone-deep truth that whatever impossibility would make you truly happy has been granted. Imagine knowing you can once again hold your lost lover or your newborn child. Imagine what you feel during those first seconds of knowing. Now, imagine those first seconds last for days on end. .... Like I said, I'm a chemist. It's all coming back to me.p62” FeelsFirstsChildrenHas BeensSaidEndsLastsLostKnowingImagineRegretLoversBonesGrantedClockSecondsComing BackImpossibilityNewbornChemistTruly HappyNewborn Child Author:Craig Clevenger
“The combination to be on guard for is young and bored, or young and resentful. You can spot them at social gatherings, the grad students or interns who tell you about syndromes, conditions, deviances, and disorders, and they love, love, love to talk. They speak in half-sentences with a knowing smile-squint, watch you falter at the pause, and then keep talking.” YoungSpeakSocialHalfTalkingWatchesKnowingConditionsStudentsSentencesSpotsCombinationBoredDisorderPausesGatheringSyndromesResentfulGradKeep TalkingDeviance Author:Craig Clevenger