I am life,' the girl said.
'What?' he said, startled.
'To you, I am life. What are you, thirty-eight? Forty? What have you learned? Have you done anything? Look at me, look. I'm life and when you're done with me, some of it rubs off on you. You don't feel so old now, do you?'
He said, 'I'm thirty-four and I don't feel old. As a matter of fact, sitting here with you makes me feel older, not younger. Nothing is rubbing off.'
'It will,' she said.
- Philip K. Dick, Our Friends from Frolix 8
*TRIGGER WARNING* : this story contains mention of abuse and addiction. Read with caution.
❤️- mel
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Romance"Do people always fall in love with things they can't have?" "Always", She said, smiling, too.
