“Now, though, there was a second part, an artifact of his recent illness, as if his melancholy had, in a universe adjacent to this one, claimed his life. As if he was his own ghost, standing slightly behind himself, observing.” GhostMelancholyDissociationCity On FireGarth Risk HallbergParallel UniverseAlternate UniverseRemoved Book:City on Fire Source: City on Fire
“I keep having this fantasy about some wide river or channel I'm on the bank of. I can look up, and on the far side is another, better self, holding hands with Mercer—that's his name, my ex—and both of them are watching me flail over here, watching me from the life I'm supposed to have had. When did it become impossible to get there from here? When did that bridge get burned?” MistakesBreakupIrrevocableCity On FireGarth Risk HallbergWhat IfsAlternate UniverseWhat Could Have BeenBurned BridgesUnfixable Book:City on Fire Source: City on Fire