Shining stars linked together through time. A constellation of murder.
Lauren BeukesTags: constellation
Six foot eight and all asshole.
Lauren BeukesTags: upstanding-citizen
Grown-up relationships are complicated. We got what we needed from each other. Passion. A safety net. Some kind of solace. It's lonely out there. But it ran its course. It was lovely while it lasted. But everything is finite. Life. Love. All this. Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness. - Rachel Mazrachi
Lauren BeukesThat's what I thought" he said. "It doesn't change anything, Zinzi". He moved to kiss me, but as I tilted my head up, he pressed the mango against my lips instead. "Idiot" I said, wiping my mouth, mainly to hide my smile. "Adulterer", he grinned. "Unwitting accomplice!" "You weren't so unwitting last night. And besides polygamie is legal in Congo." "Did I call you an idiot already?" "Only as much as I deserve." This time he did kiss me. I handed over twelve bucks for the mango and tucked myself under his arm, forcing Sloth to shuffle over begrudgingly. "Are we a terrible cliché?" "Isn't everybody?" he said.
Lauren BeukesWe do this to ourselves. Society is a poisonous hamster wheel.
Lauren BeukesThe problem with snapshots is that they replace actual memories. You lock down the moment and it becomes all there is of it.
Lauren BeukesMemory is curated. All this paraphernalia you collect to ward off forgetting
Lauren BeukesTags: memory forgetting
There are patterns because we try to find them. A desperate attempt at order because we can't face the terror that it might all be random.
Lauren BeukesTags: chaos randomness pattern-recognition
(…) everything is finite. Life. Love. All this.' (…) 'Sadness too. Although that's harder to let go of than happiness.
Lauren BeukesTags: life happiness love sadness
It's why you need other fingers, other tongues. Only other people can make you feel real.
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