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And so they drove on. The night before, a whole day could have shape and design. But when it was upon you, it could vanish tragically to air.

— Lorrie Moore Birds of America (1998)

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Every arrangement in life carried with it the sadness, the sentimental shadow, of its not being something else, but only itself.

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As a vacuum cleaner can start to pull up the actual thread of a carpet, her brains had been sucked dry by too much yoga.

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Every songwriter in their smallest song seems to possess some monumental grief clarified and dignified by melody, Bill thinks. His own sadnesses, on the other hand, slosh about in his life in a low-key way, formless and self-consuming.

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