Other people's devotions embarrassed me, perhaps because, like other people's kisses, they rarely looked genuine when viewed too closely.
Walter KirnReliving his degradation had struck some spark in him and it was glowing now like a blown-on coal.
Walter KirnThoughts are thoughts and that's all they are.
Walter KirnI just wasn't ready for his stories. They'd breed with the others I'd heard and hatch new monsters, because there was no such thing as separation here, not once you'd started listening. Never listen.
Walter KirnThey lived in a blurry world, those two, where clear, consistent intentions weren't required.
Walter KirnShe's everything I wanted when I was young and everything I distrust now that I'm not.
Walter KirnHis voice sounded more sincere in these surroundings, less distorted by pride and pain.
Walter KirnThis was all our world was made of: decomposed visions. Not atoms --- bits of dreams.
Walter KirnI'd forgotten this about women: so many conditions. A man shouldn't take them to heart, and yet he does, because he doesn't want to be alone.
Walter KirnLove is a powerful painkiller.
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