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Everyone seems absurdly rich and very drunk. I notice with annoyance that there’s no adherence to modesty here: I see short skirts and plenty of cleavage, bare necks adorned by jewels. I guess if you have enough money, the Church will overlook a selection of your sins.

— Katie Coyle Vivian Apple Needs a Miracle (2014)

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I’m starting to understand how little purchase the truth actually affords us in this world.

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I wonder if this is what bravery is: adrenaline plus love plus absolute stupidity.

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Believer culture seems to shift so quickly, from benign to terrifying and back again.

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“But it was probably nothing.”
“Nothing is nothing anymore, Viv.”

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What Harp doesn’t understand is that I like my parents—current hiccups in sanity not withstanding.

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