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They are the myths we use to explain ourselves to ourselves: who we are, where we come from, where we go—just as I tell this story to you.
Soppros believed that Firmos was too much missing from human life, and because of that our hubris was too great. Only by living in connection with Firmos could a person become wise. Enruxos was his term for this. To be rooted. To sink one’s toes into the dirt and to become one with Firmos.
Do not worry about safety, think instead about stupidity. I have found that a man who is not stupid is also a man who is generally safe.
“Be wary of the stories you tell yourself, Davico. You may begin to believe them.”
“Sour wine and sour cunt. Those are enough for Lugo.”
It is a painful thing to abandon all excuse. To accept that all responsibility is yours alone. To know that to forge through, or fail, is simply what is.
