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Power and moneyLike Pooh Bear and honeyStick fast.

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Here’s the truth: Who is spared love is spared grief.

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I’d always worried but kissing’s not so tricky. Your lips know what to do, just like sea anenomes know what to do. Kissing spins you, like Flying Tea-...more

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Perfume counters in department stores, Holly Deblin smells of, the middle of July, and cinnamon Tic Tacs.

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Photos’re better than nothing, but things’re better than photos ’cause the things themselves were part of what was there.

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Will I be some kid’s dad one day? Are any future people lurking deep inside mine?...Which girl’s carrying the other half of my kid, deep in those intr...more

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You say you're 'depressed' - all i see is resilience. You are allowed to feel messed up and inside out. It doesn't mean you're defective - it just mea...more

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... in a cycle as old as tribalism, ignorance of the Other engenders fear; fear engenders hatred; hatred engenders violence; violence engenders furthe...more

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Rights are susceptible to subversion, as even granite is susceptible to erosion. My fifth Declaration posits how, in a cycle as old as tribalism, igno...more

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Luisa rolls her napkin into a compact ball. "I ask three simple questions. How did he get that power? How is he using it? And how can it be taken off ...more

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Finished in a frenzy that reminded me of our last night in Cambridge. Watched my final sunrise. Enjoyed a last cigarette. Didn’t think the view could ...more

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A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.

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...that human hunger birthed the Civ'lize, but human hunger killed it too.

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What sparks wars? The will to power, the backbone of human nature. The threat of violence, the fear of violence, or actual violence, is the instrument...more

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This, explained the angel, is hell. The people do not love each other. They only want to feed themselves.