Category: beautiful sentences
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Beautiful Sentences: R. O. Kwon
I spilled time into the piano as I’d have put cash in a bank. R. O. Kwon, The Incendiaries.
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Beautiful Sentences: Roberto Bolaño
Y luego Espinoza oyó que alguien, el mismo estudiante, susurraba Morini… Morini… Morini, con una voz que no parecía la suya sino más bien la voz de un mago, o más concretamente, la voz de una maga, una adivina de la época del Imperio Romano, una voz que llegaba como el goteo de una fuente…
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Beautiful Sentences: Kathy Fish
The naked women and men and teenagers and toddlers and babies glowed like rich people’s teeth as they threw themselves upon the piles of their worldly belongings. Kathy Fish, “Collection Day.”
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Beautiful Sentences: Megan Giddings
What is the point of dating a self-proclaimed spirit of joy if she also tracks misery into your life? Megan Giddings, “Vacations”
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Beautiful Sentences: Kathy Fish
Nobody gets hurt on playgrounds anymore. Kathy Fish, “Sea Creatures of Indiana.”
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Beautiful Sentences: Idra Novey
There was really no predicting where, or when, the least lonely years of one’s adult life might begin. Idra Novey, Those Who Knew.
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Beautiful Sentences: Tom McAlister
I hated the part of me that could watch this happening and forget it was reality, wishing for terrible things to happen for the sake of my temporary entertainment. Tom McAllister, How to Be Safe.
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Beautiful Sentences: Tom McAllister
Where do people get stories? Do they go out in the world looking for interesting anecdotes? When they get home, do they write these things down and rehearse them? Tom McAllister, How to Be Safe.
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Beautiful Sentences: Idra Novey
When she drifted from the kitchen to the living room, he followed, his hope rising like dough inside him. Idra Novey, Those Who Knew.