They were angry, I thought. Horrified. These teenagers, with their hormones, making out beneath a video broadcasting the shattered voice of a former father.
They were angry, I thought. Horrified. These teenagers, with their hormones, making out beneath a video broadcasting the shattered voice of a former father.
People, I thought, wanted security. They couldn't bear the idea of death being a big black nothing, couldn't bear the thought of their loved ones not existing, and couldn't even imagine themselves not existing. I finally decided that people believed in an afterlife because they couldn't bear not to.
She's cute, I thought, but you don't need to like a girl who treats you like you're ten: You've already got a mom.
That doesn't sound like my Margo", she said, and I thought of my Margo, and all of us looking at her reflection in different funhouse mirrors.
My thoughts are stars I cannot fathom into constellations.
My thoughts are stars I can't fathom into constellations.
Oh, I wouldn't mind, Hazel Grace. It would be a privilege to have my heart broken by you.
I've been saying for a long time that single-family construction would slow and now it's happening because of higher interest rates. Plus, there are so many homes for sale now and many of those are vacant. So why would you build when you can find a cheap used home But I will admit it sustained itself longer that I would have thought.
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