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film student + cowboy

“When Amos is born he brings a little light with him. A single white-wax candlestick’s worth. It will be snuffed out soon by the cold winter wind but Micah and his family let themselves enjoy it for the short while it exists before Amos too grows up jaded and skeptical like the rest of the world around him.”

“Perhaps if you had a mother then maybe Arthur and she could have raised you to be more distinguished, more gentle, more lady-like and less callous, but your only Bible you were led by the second you could understand what “yes” and “no” and “good” and “bad” meant were the words of steel that fell from your father’s lips.”

don’t hold me in your arms and run your fingers through my hair if you don’t love me—if this is just a game, well honey, i don’t think i really care to play

“Eventually he will sell off the Bible from his father for a handsome fortune, and will buy a horse, gun, and hat of his own. Then sometimes, he thinks of Ma here and there, but less and less does he find her crossing his mind as the days drag on.”