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Empty is good. Empty is strong.

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Did I eat breakfast? Of course not. Did I eat dinner the night before, or lunch, or anything?

I roll up the window.

I wish I had cancer.

I will burn in hell for that, but it’s true.

There is no safer. There’s not even safe, never has been.

Cassie thought heaven was a fairy tale for stupid people. How can you find a place you don’t believe in? You can’t. So where does she go now? What if she comes back, eyes on angryfire?

The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods, by Charles Perrault, 1696