Nothing was solved when the fight was over, but nothing mattered.

Where every day doesn't start with an alarm clock and end with the television.

You cannot be the person they know and the great, glorious person you want to become. Not at the same time.

I'm only confrontational with my friends.

The little boy smiled back at all the angry faces glaring in at him. And the little boy blew kisses.

Imagine books and music and movies being filtered and homogenized. Certified. Approved for consumption. People will be happy to give up most of their culture for the assurance that the tiny bit that comes through is safe and clean. White noise.

There's an opposite to déjà vu. They call it jamais vu. It's when you meet the same people or visit places, again and again, but each time is the first. Everybody is always a stranger. Nothing is ever familiar.