You are stronger than me," Asa says. "And in bravery and strength, there is a kind of beauty.

- Matthew J. Kirby

Never trust a storyteller," he says. "We're all of us liars.

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He waved to the city and said good-bye. The city responded by carrying on the way it always did, traffic moving forward uninterrupted, without slowin…

- Matthew J. Kirby

In life, the hardest decisions often have to be made more than once. But each time, it gets easier.

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Clockwork could not run counter to its nature. The seconds, minutes, and hours moved only forward. Patient, precise, and unstoppable. Memory was an i…

- Matthew J. Kirby

You can never trust anyone once you've had to trap them in a cage.

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One cannot apologize for one's nature.

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Sometimes, when we want something so badly, we fear failure more than we fear being without that thing.

- Matthew J. Kirby

In the early morning hours, Hannah read at the table by the dim light of dawn. She leaned in close to the pages, chin resting on her folded arms, eye…

- Matthew J. Kirby