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She wanted to tell him she was sorry, but saying sorry did not seem entirely adequate, and in any case what she was sorry about seemed entirely too deep and too evanescent for any words she knew, seemed so vastly more complicated than the immediate fact that it was perhaps better left unraveled.

Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays

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Dwayne’s only companion at night was a Labradore retriever named Sparky. Sparky could not wag his tail - because of an automobile accident many years ago, so he had no way of telling other dogs how friendly he was. He had to fight all the time. His ears were in tatters. He was lumpy with scars.

Kurt Vonnegut. “Breakfast of Champions.”