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July 16 - July 21, 2019
Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. —William Butler Yeats
“Cori was pushed off the roof of a building in Hell’s Kitchen,” Diana said softly. “It was this building, wasn’t it?” “She fell,” Alex answered brusquely. “No one pushed her.”
Love isn’t about looking at each other but about looking in the same direction,
Alex, I can’t live like this anymore. I’m going away for a few days. When I get back, I’ll pack up my things. Please don’t try to contact me. I don’t want to talk to you. Emily
“Ooo-kay.” Rafael grimaced. “I know people think Los Angeles is la-la land, but New York is for weirdos.” “Remind me again why you transferred here?” “I never said.”
people who were truly gifted at taking care of themselves rarely invested that effort in others.
“Are you okay?” “I may have taken one too many Vicodin,” Will said. “Also, I may have mixed it with alcohol. At the moment, I am a walking, talking chemistry experiment.”
The way Will spoke was distant and emotionless, as if the wreckage of his personal life were a faraway country he’d once visited on a now-expired passport.
“You just made LSD sound as boring as a due diligence questionnaire.”
“Alex, why do you think Emily ran off?” “She told me I had to trust her.” “Trust her to do what?” “I have no idea,” Alex said. “But that’s what trust is, right? I don’t need to know. I just need to believe in her.”
“Guess what I found?” Rafael’s voice was triumphant. “I hope for your sake it’s a time machine, because your sorry ass is late yet again.”
it’s not your job to see what everyone else sees; your work is showing them what they don’t want to see.
“Instinct’s not a superpower. It’s made of experience and memory and belief. Prejudice is part of that.
“Mother Teresa said that for a sacrifice to be real, it must cost, must hurt, and we must empty ourselves,”
“It’s not easy to separate a person from their programming.”
