From across the woods, as if by common accord, birds left their trees and darted upward. I joined them, flew amount them, they did not recognize me as something apart from them, and I was happy, so happy, because for the first time in years, and forevermore, I had not killed, and never would.


Tenth of December: Stories (ed. Random House, 2013) - ISBN: 9780812993813

George Saunders Quotes

From across the woods, as if by common accord, birds left their trees and darted upward. I joined them, flew amount them, they did not recognize me...

From across the woods, as if by common accord, birds left their trees and darted upward. I joined them, flew amount them, they did not recognize me...

From across the woods, as if by common accord, birds left their trees and darted upward. I joined them, flew amount them, they did not recognize me...

From across the woods, as if by common accord, birds left their trees and darted upward. I joined them, flew amount them, they did not recognize me...