Sunday, October 12, 2014

the last book I ever read (Elizabeth McCracken's Thunderstruck & Other Stories, excerpt three)

from Thunderstruck & Other Stories by Elizabeth McCracken:

The line between pride and a lack of it is thin and brittle and thrilling as new ice. Only when you’re young are you able to skate out onto it, to not care which side you end up on. That was me. I was innocent. Later, when you’re old, when you know things, well, it takes all sorts of effort, and ropes, and pulleys, and all kinds of tricks, to keep you from crashing through, if you’re even willing to risk it.



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