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“I don't know that I'll feel any different if my soul withers away, but I don't think I could stand to see him looking so sad.”

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“I always knew the mountains would take something from me one day. I wrote about their fine lines, their graves, and their shades. Then, one day, I looked up upon the gray— it takes everything and then nothing, even if you offer them everything. You can’t survive it, you live with it— in small pieces, small steps, small moments. All along, it takes you, survives you— you’ll never understand it.”

“He'd pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Softly on the lips. Then softly on her forehead. 'You'll be my main snag? Okay?' he'd said. 'Okay,' she'd replied into his jean jacket. And he left, neither f them saying goodbye or waving. Cash locked the door and crawled back into bed. Caught unaware, she felt the huge emptiness of all the people who had ever left her. It was the first time in years that she remembered feeling like crying. Instead she went back to sleep.”