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It's not like I'm such a shiny happy person either, you know? I'm a wreck too, I'm just... still alive.

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Isaac Marion
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: December 30
Music Journalist
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No praise, no blame. Just so.
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I notice faint scars on her wrists and forearms, thin lines too symmetrical to be accidents.
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It was fun, but it's over now. This is how things go.
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I sigh inside, so exhausted by these ugly questions, but when did a monster ever deserve its privacy?
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Life only makes any sense if we can see time how God does. Past, present, and future all at once.
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Once you've arrived at the end of the world, it hardly matters which route you took.
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