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Thack seemed to sort something out for a moment. Sometimes I watch him when he’s playing with Harry or digging in the yard. And I think: This is it, this is the guy I’ve waited for all my life. Then this other voice tells me not to get used to it, that it’ll only hurt more later. It’s funny. You’re feeling this enormous good fortune and waiting for it to be over at the same time.You seem happy, Brian ventured.I am.Well … that’s a lot. I envy you that.Thack shrugged. All we’ve got is now, I guess. But that’s all anybody gets. If we wasted that time being scared …Absolutely.

Armistead Maupin

Thack seemed to sort something out for a moment. Sometimes I watch him when he’s playing with Harry or digging in the yard. And I think: This is it, this is the guy I’ve waited for all my life. Then this other voice tells me not to get used to it, that it’ll only hurt more later. It’s funny. You’re feeling this enormous good fortune and waiting for it to be over at the same time.You seem happy, Brian ventured.I am.Well … that’s a lot. I envy you that.Thack shrugged. All we’ve got is now, I guess. But that’s all anybody gets. If we wasted that time being scared …Absolutely.

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About Armistead Maupin

Armistead Jones Maupin, Jr. ( MAW-pin; born May 13, 1944) is an American writer notable for Tales of the City, a series of novels set in San Francisco.