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Sunday Sentence: This is Between Us

December 15, 2013

Sunday Sentence: The best sentence(s) from this week, out of context and without commentary. Inspired by David Abrams at The Quivering Pen.

 

this is between us
Tin House Books, November 2013


You got quietly sullen for a while. I could always tell your sullen quiet from your normal quiet—your sullen quiet had a buzz to it, like a television showing a tornado tearing houses apart but with the volume turned down. 

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