Václav Havel’s classic 1978 essay “The Power of the Powerless” changed my thinking about the impact a single individual could have in dismantling a long-established system. I hope he’s right.
“I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But I lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and I was gawky and she was gorgeous and I was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So I walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, I was drizzle and she was hurricane.”
― Looking for Alaska
― Looking for Alaska
“I can't get rid of the sadness," Laronne said.
"Well," David said, "then we'll just keep it company.”
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
"Well," David said, "then we'll just keep it company.”
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
“Maybe that's all real love was--just something that happened quickly and vanished, a kind of gesture to a stranger or a fleeting moment of passion.”
― Greyhound
― Greyhound
“A woman made of parts is a dangerous thing. You never know when she'll throw away a piece you may need.”
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
― The Girl Who Fell from the Sky
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