“In Truth,” I said, “there are no rules other than you have to tell the truth.” “How do you win?” he asked. “That,” I said, “is such a boy question.

You should never be surprised when someone treats you with respect, you should expect it.

Silence is so freaking loud

He always did the leaving. But not this time. She kept walking, and did not look back.

and I wondered if, in the end, this is how all disputes are settled, with a shared silence as things become equal. You take something from me, I take something from you. We all want balance, one way or another.

In midair, dangling lost above the world.

When I pictured myself, it was always like just an outline in a colouring book, with the inside not yet completed.