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November 20 - November 27, 2024
Bitterness is anger with nowhere to go. Bitterness and resignation are
close and tempting cousins. Anger with a target is Rage, and Rage is sister to Hope alone.
They wanted to beat us bloody, and then arrest for “assault” anyone who kicked dirt in their direction. They wanted to look like, be armed like, and act like a gang, but get treated with respect by the very people they terrorized. You don’t get to have your bloodthirst and your city key, too.
It didn’t matter which version was true. They were all real. Stories should never be believed, but they should always be trusted.
As long as someone is stretching to reach you, you’d better bend to reach them.
I’ve learned to get mad like a laser instead of a brush fire,
jealousy is a poison you make for others but drink yourself.”
How can you tell the shadows apart to feel them when there’s so much darkness?
“It feels good to criticize others into the ground when we are right and we know they are wrong. But it’s not good, it’s righteous, and the two seldom have anything to do with each other.”
You dedicate yourself to killing long before you plunge the blade. In the moment, hesitation kills us all.”
“Don’t mourn what you outgrow.”
That’s all growth is, getting too big to stay somewhere that used to feel good. Just having one less place in the whole world that fits right.
Peace will only come when we stop being us, and they can pretend we’re just like them. Your peace is genocide.”
Snakes don’t crawl back into their old skins. They eat them for extra nutrients.