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“Al human beings should try and learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.
—James Thurber”

“But so what? Even if you are completely delusional, we stil have to work out your delusion, right? An imaginary problem needs an imaginary solution.”

“I hate not being good at this,” Val said as she flopped onto a stool.
“You are good. You hate not being great”

““ “I wil make you as terrible as you desire.”
“I don’t want to be—,” she started, but he held up his hand.
“I know you’re very brave,” he said.
“Or stupid.”
“And stupid. Brave and stupid.” Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. “But nothing can stop you from being terrible once you’ve learned how.”

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”

“instead of being afraid, she felt glad. She would make al her own decisions now, even if they were ruinous ones. It was the same pleasurable feeling as tearing a piece of paper into tiny, tiny pieces.”