Eve didn't choose to eat the apple. She was tempted by the serpent." "Yes," I argue, thoughts coming out half-formed. "But...she didn't have to take a bite. She chose to.
Libba BrayWe sit and listen and are enthralled anew, for good stories, it seems, never lose their magic.
Libba BrayI changed the world; the world changed me. Everything you do comes back to you. When you affect a situation, you are also affected.
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 Bray