Shoshanah

They couldn’t agree on exactly what the angel, that is to say you, meant when you said ‘guard the pile.’ So there was an argument, and they divided into factions that interpreted your words differently. Some thought you meant they should watch so that no new things were added, but others thought you meant that no things should be taken away!” the w

If you ask people what they think, they start thinking, and that’s how wars start.

Love isn’t powerful enough. But spite? Spite can change the world.

Down on the street the protesters are shouting at each other, and at Lucas, but most of all they’re probably shouting just to shout. Just to be heard. Lucas stands quietly for a very, very long time, thinking about how awful it must feel: to be a person who so desperately wants something to happen. Lucas never wants anything to go on at all.

“I usually keep my peanuts next to a jar of peanut butter, so they understand what I’m capable of!”

Don’t look on the internet for someone who is exactly like you. Look for someone who isn’t. Love is not to never fight. Love is always making up.

How the generation who worked and fought for our ability to live how we wanted to would be shocked to see not a painter, or a poet, or a concert violinist, or even a philosophy professor among us.

It felt good to be with people who’d borne witness to the time passing, too, which is maybe the best way to describe a shiva.

“Honestly, I think you’re just obsessed with money, Max. There’s more to life than money.” She heard the last thing he said as she walked out, though, because he shouted it at her back. “Only rich people say that!”