Knowledge is dangerous." ~pg 53
Conor held tightly onto his mother. And by doing so, he could finally let her go.
The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.
But a knife ain't just a thing, is it? It's a choice, it's something you do. A knife says yes or no, cut or not, die or don't. A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again.
I just stand there like a doofus wondering just what in the effing blazes is going on.
even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make that choice