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“They run only where there are lights. They don’t say anything but are both thinking the same thing: guys never think about light, it just isn’t a problem in their lives. When guys are scared of the dark, they’re scared of ghosts and monsters, but when girls are scared of the dark, they’re scared of guys.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
“Benji is running alone in another part of the forest. He finds new hiding places; he’s had a lot of practice over the years. He’s become a man who doesn’t take anything for granted; only children think certain things are self-evident: always having a best friend, for instance. Being allowed to be who we are. Being able to love who we want. Nothing is self-evident to Benji anymore; he just runs deeper into the forest until his brain is gasping for oxygen and he can no longer feel anything. Then he climbs up into a tree. And waits for the wind.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
“Everyone is a hundred different things, but in other people’s eyes we usually get the chance to be only one of them.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
“Anxiety. It owns us but leaves no trace.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
“How does it feel for a child to play hockey? It’s not so hard to answer that. Have you ever been in love? That’s how it feels.”
― Us Against You
― Us Against You
Literary Fiction by People of Color
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