The Power

It’s enough for her to know, sitting in there in the dark, that if she really wanted to she could get out. The knowledge is as good as freedom.

Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn’t. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not. Tap on it and it’s hollow. Look under the shells: it’s not there.

Our dreams are more true than our waking.

When does power exist? Only in the moment it is exercised.

Simple feels safe.

These things are happening all at once. These things are one thing. They are the inevitable result of all that went before. The power seeks its outlet. These things have happened before; they will happen again. These things are always happening.

One of them says, ‘Why did they do it, Nina and Darrell?’
And the other answers, ‘Because they could.’
That is the only answer there ever is.

Babies left alone too long do not even cry. They become very still and quiet. They know no one is coming.

tang and crackle

back-handed praise