The refrigerator whirred, the water dripped in the sink, and the raw seconds passed. This was the Darker Life, where every truth was written backward.

“Calling it a simple schoolgirl crush was like saying a Rolls-Royce was a vehicl…”

“And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's lang…”

“We lie best when we lie to ourselves.”

“Few if any seemed to have grasped the Principle of Reality; new knowledge leads…”