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1 " We need to be willing to mess up, to look silly, to be imperfect. The uber wealthy or network-driven can find short term successes by hiding flaws or hiring a team of image makers, but it's all temporary. True art, true connectivity, true love is about being authentic and vulnerable. These are the messages that carry weight and survive time. "
― , The Best Small Fictions 2017
2 " Marco’s hands are slender, quick and brutal. They are the hands of a man who shapes air. Together "
― , The Best Small Fictions 2015
3 " The different pamphlets that lined the coffee table all had clouds on their covers. I shuffled them, then shuffled them again, but the weather wouldn’t change. "
4 " The man placed my mother on the counter. I’d selected an urn that could easily be confused for a Chinese vase, but I no longer appreciated that. When I saw it now I thought, This thing is so ugly, and if I screw off the top I will hear my mother scream. "
5 " The man gave me a stack of papers and said that one of the most painful things about death was the paperwork. I "
6 " Alcoholics bleed a lot. Because they hit their heads a lot. "
7 " IV is the quickest hangover cure on the planet. Trust me. If you ever feel like you’re dying from a hangover, contact a nurse you know. A medic. An EMT. Anyone who can hook you up with some intravenous cleansing. You feel like a new man. A new man ready to haul around drunks all night. "
8 " Mamas are always saying, be careful. Mine said it to me. Yours said it to you. Be careful out a mama’s mouth don’t mean nothing ’cept protect yourself better than I did. "