Soon I will honor my parents by dying as they died. and if all they believed about death was true, soon I will join them in whatever comes next.

I ignore my fear. When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn't exist.

I try to leave some space in my mind for things to surprise me or change my mind, I think that's important.

They all laugh. We all laugh. And it occurs to me that I might be meeting Tobias's true faction. They are not characterized by a particular virtue. They claim all colors, all activities, all virtues, and all flaws as their own.

Grabbing hold of facts in the midst of shock is very Erudite of him.

We are not people who touch each other carelessly; every point of contact between us feels important, a rush of energy and relief.

Writing means not just staring ugliness in the face, but finding a way to embrace it.