B. Fractal Noise

Fractal Noise

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Young, though, in a way that had nothing to do with age. He lacked the tinge of sadness that Alex had come to recognize in those who had survived a major loss. — location: 322

Some things were easier once you just … decided. — location: 599

All he’d done was talk and stare at a screen all day, but the emotional strain of the situation had emptied whatever reserves of energy he had left. — location: 607

Still, he felt a sense of closeness to Layla, knowing that he was where she would have chosen to be, and that closeness was more precious than any gem, even if it were a broken, razor-edged stone that cut him as he held it. — location: 1118

But it was an old hurt, and it seemed insignificant compared with what had happened — location: 1500

maudlin — location: 1747

the wind had a mournful note to it, as if lamenting past sins. — location: 1892

visceral. — location: 2105

It still would have been difficult, but the two of them would have comforted each other, and that would have made all the hurts and pains far more bearable.… That companionship was what Alex so often missed. Knowing that someone else was with you, someone who cared for you, and whom you cared for in turn, was worth more than any amount of bits. — location: 2369

Alex believed that it didn’t matter how youthful you were (or seemed); the years and sorrows took their toll no matter what. And in some cases, in his case, you paid the price in flesh. — location: 2466

but it was a pain he chose and, in a sense, welcomed. — location: 3332