[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.

[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes.

The light, the sky, the water, they were all things you looked *through* during the day. At night, they were things you looked *into*. You looked *into* the stars, you looked *into* dark rollers and the surprising platinum flash of their caps.

I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn't speak for themselves.

But people do things to survive, and then after they survive, they can't live with what they've done.

. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .

Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.