11 Works in Francis Abernathy
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He is growing brittle, and at some point, like the avalanche triggered by the earthquake, his pieces will fall.
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always running with these legs going nowhere. by highpiledbooks
Secret History - Donna Tartt
9 Feb 2013
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much like Bunny and Rome, Henry and Francis share a few weeks in Paris. probable au, but more than likely set in the years before the Secret History is written.
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Francis visits Henry's grave just once in the years following the funeral.
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"Part of him wondered if he was never destined for contentment, if it simply wasn't in his nature to be whole. Because he certainly wasn't, he was fractured and cracked and chipped and every now and then another little bit fell away. He was eroding."
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Last night, they murdered a man.
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Julian Morrow was always supposed to be a somebody, and it’s not until his third summer in Rome, twenty-four and tan and smoking cigarettes on his balcony, that he realises that he was born a somebody, and there is nothing his father can do about it, either.
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Perspective isn't always comforting
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“Yes. …Well,” he amended, “as fine as it’s possible to be, given the circumstances.” His toes curled into the sheet, and I found myself staring at them dumbly, knocked off-balance when he spoke again, his voice higher than it normally was; tremulous, childish. “Do you suppose it hurt at all?”
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Richard is witness to many things he does not understand during his first year at Hampden.
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Bitter great grief has Charlemagne the king* by orphan_account for eight_demands
Secret History - Donna Tartt
19 Dec 2010
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"I have spent years, since then, wishing I had never seen or spoken to him. But that would have been impossible for a number of reasons, and then I would have no story to tell."
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A stolen moment between two young men.