I should never be left alone with my mind for too long.

Might. Is there any opiate more powerful than that word?

People think boundaries and borders build nations. Nonsense-words do. Beliefs, declarations, constitutions-words. Stories. Myths. Lies. Promises. History

I know I've done the right thing but I couldn't feel worse about it, and I suppose that is part of what it is to lead.

The mere suggestion of fame and fortune casts a glamour all its own. It is rather alarming how quickly people will turn someone else's fiction into fact in order to support their own fictions of themselves.

Everyone seems to want more form me. I am a thoroughly disappointing girl around. I shall wear a scarlet 'D' upon my bosom for all to see so that they will know not to raise their expectations.

They see her differently now, as somebody. And isn't that what everyone wants? To be seen?