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“There are more things in heaven and earth, Makin, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”
I kissed her cheek then, because I feared to do it and though commonsense may occasionally bind me, I’ll be fucked if fear will.
Nothing can be cut away without loss. Even the worst of our memories is part of the foundation that keeps us in the world.
Strange to think of these boys bound about by so many rules and seeming so free, and my road-brothers, unbound by law or conscience, yet so guarded and bitter in their conversation, each word edged and weighted, as if they were every one of them trapped and seeking escape each moment of their lives.
“We’re meat and dirt,” I told them. “Nobody is clean and nothing can wash away our stain, not the blood of the innocent, not the blood of the lamb.”
It took the better part of an hour for the old woman to finish her work and in that time she used most of the tools from the wrap she had rolled out at the start. She made an artwork of Sunny’s chest and arms, cutting, searing, tearing pieces away, unpeeling layers, pinning them back. He howled at her of course, and at me, demanding release, that I do something, begging me, and before long he swore terrible revenge, not on his tormentors but on Jorg Ancrath who had brought him to this fate.
Time heals all wounds, but often it’s only by the application of the grave, and while we live some hurts live with us, burning, making us twist and turn to escape them. And as we twist, we turn into other men.
When a decision is inevitable you may as well take it as quick as possible so that you still have something left to deal with whatever consequences may arise.
When you’re in a dark place, and your light is going to run out before too long, you get on with things. It’s a wonder to me how few people apply that same logic to their lives.
and though I might walk where angels fear to tread, I try not to rush in like a fool.
If you must run, have something to run toward, so it feels less like cowardice.
for whilst the holy may fail in any moment, the damned may in any moment reach for redemption.
