Everything Sad Is Untrue (a true story)

by Daniel Nayeri

myth is only an explanation, not an exploration.

people have scales in their heads and they measure other people for their value and

Which is why we can see the same things but come to different conclusions about how to heal all our broken hearts.

A god who listens is love. A god who speaks is law. At their worst, the people who want a god who listens are self-centered. They just want to live in the land of do-as-you-please. And the ones who want a god who speaks are cruel. They just want laws and justice to crush everything.

They think we’re bad people who will come and take their stuff. Like when I won the tetherball tournament at recess against Trevor and I wouldn’t have if I hadn’t been there at all.