When the world moves forward too fast for some people, they try to pull us all back with their fear.
Libba BrayI am creating an atmosphere! Oh, Unc, weโve finally got bodies in this joint! Paying bodies. We could have a good racket going here.โ โIโm not interested in a โracket.โ Iโm an academic.โ โThatโs okay, Unc. I wonโt hold it against you.
Libba BrayPerhaps this is how girls fall -- not in some crime of enchantment at the hands of a wicked ne'er-do-well, a grand before and after in which they are innocent victims who have no say in the matter. Perhaps they simply are kissed and want to kiss back. Perhaps they even kiss first. And why should they not?
Libba BrayI have done what they expected of me. I have curtsied for my Queen and made my debut. This is what I have anticipated eagerly for years. So why do I feel so unsatisfied? Everyone is merry. They haven't a care in the world. And perhaps that is it. How terrible it is to have no cares, no longings. I do not fit. I feel too deeply and want too much.
Libba Bray