#Rachel Kushner

It was not the case that one thing morphed into another, child into woman. You remained the person you were before

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People are born every minute of their lives, and what they are in each of those minutes is what they are completely.

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Reality, in a sense, was not an objective place where you were thrust. You had to maintain your hold on it by vigilantly

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I was assigned a public defender. We were all hopeful things would go differently. They did not go differently. They went

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You have time. Meaning don’t use it, but pass through time in patience, waiting for something to come. Prepare for its

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A forced contemplation of the heavens, crisp and angelic blue, a classic prelude to death.

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It’s hard to live on the streets. In prison, you can be someone. Life has order if you know how to do time, and I know. I’m

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Did you ever notice that women can seem common while men never do? You won’t ever hear anyone describe a man’s appearance

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Later, Giddle’s response when I told her I was in love: “Oh God, I’m so sorry. Love is awful. It ruins every normal thing,...

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