That Atlas Paradox by Olive Blake

~There is doom to be found everywhere if doom is what you seek.~

~Your capacity for power increases exponentially in relation to the actual power you have gained. Thus, to gain power is to be increasingly powerless.~

~As with any chronic condition, his survival was a matter of becoming more comfortable, not some elusive unreality of being wholly pain-free. The trick was managing it until it no longer bit so angrily or stung.~

~[C]hildhood is very fragile, and you can’t technically outgrow the fractures.”

~I’m not a zealot. I’m-” A pause to consider. “Inspired.”
“A lovely word for madness.”~

~Destiny was a choice.
Time to torch this outcome and let the fucker burn.~

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