
I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sandcastles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate.
I guess humans like to watch a little destruction. Sandcastles, houses of cards, that's where they begin. Their great skill is their capacity to escalate.
I stopped watching for the ridicule, the scorpion's tail hidden in his words. He said what he meant; he was puzzled if you did not. Some people might have mistaken this for simplicity. But is it not a sort of genius to cut always to the heart?
You are going to break your promise. I understand. And I hold my hands over the ears of my heart, so that I will not hate you.
You worry about them, he told me, not about yourself, and when one of your soldiers tells you his uncle died of a heart attack and you see the pain in the whites of his eyes, suddenly you hurt, too, way deep down inside. The truth is, I wanted to suffer from that kind of sick love. I swear it, I really tried.
But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world.