how to win the lottery s2e4 – the nickel boys by colson whitehead
“even in death the boys were trouble.”
“even in death the boys were trouble.”
“putting henry at shortstop—it was like taking a painting that had been shoved in a closet and hanging it in the ideal spot. you instantly forgot what the room had looked like before.”
“perhaps this sounds mercenary, but i feel grateful for these trial relationships, and i would like to think it all evens out—surely, unknowingly, i have served as practice for other people.”
“i wondered what terrible thing it was that i had done.”
“i was thinking maybe the reason you used to get like that was because at some level you always knew.”