So he'll keep dragging himself up this bridge between possible worlds, this rickety ruin of light, trying to imagine it — Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire
So he'll keep dragging himself up this bridge between possible worlds, this rickety ruin of light, trying to imagine it — Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire
So he'll keep dragging himself up this bridge between possible worlds, this rickety ruin of light, trying to imagine it — Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire
So he'll keep dragging himself up this bridge between possible worlds, this rickety ruin of light, trying to imagine it — Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire
So he'll keep dragging himself up this bridge between possible worlds, this rickety ruin of light, trying to imagine it — Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire
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So he'll keep dragging himself up this bridge between possible worlds, this rickety ruin of light, trying to imagine it might matter if he makes it to the other side.

— Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire
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