Well, I already know what happened to my face", I say. "I was there. Sort of

What good is a prepared body if you have a scattered mind?

He doesn’t scowl, but his mouth is so tense that I know he’s angry with me. 'Don’t be an idiot,' he says. 'An idiot?' Is he talking about the blanket? 'You were lying.

Those who seek peace above all else, they say, will always deceive to keep the water calm.

Fear," she says, "is more powerful than pain.

We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.

She can't possibly be me, though she moves when I move