“The death of self-esteem can occur quickly, easily in children, before their ego has “legs,” so to speak. Couple the vulnerability of youth with indifferent parents, dismissive adults, and a world, which, in its language, laws, and images, re-enforces despair, and the journey to destruction is sealed.”
― The Bluest Eye
― The Bluest Eye
“It was always a strange thing, coming home. Coming home meant that you had, at one point, left it and, in doing so, irreversibly changed. How odd, then, to be able to return to a place that would always be anchored in your notion of the past. How could this place still be there, if the you that once lived there no longer existed?”
― A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
― A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
“I don’t know if I can do what you want me to do, Bashara. If I can stay calm and always think ahead, like you do. I’m so angry I could burn the world.”
Bashara didn’t seem concerned. “Unfortunately, someone else has already burned it. We need to unburn it.” He looked up, his expression serious. “Will you help me do that, Kai?”
Kai had already made that decision. “Yes.”
― Witch King
Bashara didn’t seem concerned. “Unfortunately, someone else has already burned it. We need to unburn it.” He looked up, his expression serious. “Will you help me do that, Kai?”
Kai had already made that decision. “Yes.”
― Witch King
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