gregoryperez:
maggie
gregoryperez:
disco fever
gregoryperez:
"I believe I've lost my grip." "Nonsense."
gregoryperez:
When I woke up, you were gone.
gregoryperez:
The light swung back and forth like a Chandler prop. "Four things, that's all you ever let me in on, Leroy." "Fuck you, Tom. This isn't going to be one of them."
gregoryperez:
It didn't occur to me, or to Mr. Stapleton, that she never really got what she wanted.
gregoryperez:
"It's a lousy thing, that."
gregoryperez:
But when I finished it off, I wasn't sure if I'd done what they said. I wasn't entirely sure I was even there. I was here, now, and for a while.
gregoryperez:
I remember when you were there. I had the bottle. You hated it, but somehow we still shared it. That's the last time I ever had __________ in my mouth.
gregoryperez:
"Six years." "I thought it was just two." "There were three of us."
gregoryperez:
Redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant rednundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redundant redu
gregoryperez:
"It still doesn't feel real." "It's not supposed to, Jane. It's supposed to feel good."
gregoryperez:
"When I saw it there, bleedin' and all into the dirt, I coulda sworn I saw it blink at me. Twice. Like this."
gregoryperez:
She kept asking for more. I didn't have any.
gregoryperez:
heedless
gregoryperez:
I don't even know why she didn't let it go. "Jesus, Ellie. You could have just walked." She lifted her eyes from her chin. "I walked, alright. But you didn't get to see the awesome part when crawled home." "Pathetic." "Wait, what?"
gregoryperez:
marmosetting
gregoryperez:
gold lion
gregoryperez:
Still time. Plenty. Thinking made it less so. Then he remembered three words: "Change my mind."
gregoryperez:
after
gregoryperez:
She had legs. Yes. Behind her shuffled the rest of the lot, eyes up and down at the back of her like searchlights on the sea.
gregoryperez:
metal
gregoryperez:
fireplug at the zoo