“ what’s there to be faithful to? ”
“ i am faithful to you, darling. ”
“ believe it if you can. ”
“ some people don’t understand anything. ”
“ how can you argue with them? ”
“ they are probably right anyway. ”
“ there is a question i am afraid to ask. ”
“ it should be enough. to make something beautiful should be enough. ”
“ let’s kill something. ”
“ what do you do with a man like that? ”
“ i turned away from darkness to see daylight, to see what would happen. ”
“ what happened? ”
“ what does a man want? power. ”
“ will you defend yourself? from me, i mean. ”
“ i prefer to blame others, it’s easier. king me. ”
“ it helps to have an anchor. ”
“ it’s a matter of willpower. ”
“ all these ghosts come streaming down and sometimes i wish i had something else. a redemptive imagination, for example. ”
“ what is a ghost? something dead that seems to be alive. something dead that doesn’t know it’s dead. ”
“ cut off your head, kid. ”
“ ask for a blessing? you can try, but we will not remain unscathed. ”
“ abandon your will and let the world have its way with you. ”
“ i wanted to explain myself in an understandable way. ”
“ something’s not right about what i’m doing but i’m still doing it—living in the worst parts, ruining myself. ”
“ my inner life is a sheet of black glass. ”
“ the enormity of my desire disgusts me. ”
“ never finish a war without starting another. ”
“ i’ve seen your true face: the back of your head. ”
“ if you were walking away, keep walking. ”
“ everyone needs a place. ”
“ why do anything at all? ”
“ sometimes, at night, in bed, before i fall asleep, i think about a poem i might write. ”
“ you will die in your sleep and leave everything unfinished. ”
“ hope negates the experience. ”
“ i owe myself nothing. ”
“ i like dead things. they cannot hurt me. ”
“ there’s not enough room for us to be ourselves. ”
“ i will help you. ”
“ history is painted by the winners. ”
“ love might be the wrong word. ”
“ let’s admit, without apology, what we do to each other. ”
“ we know who our enemies are. we know. ”
“ we’re doomed. ”
“ this is the same story. ”
“ let me tell you a story about war. ”
“ let me tell you a story about love. ”
“ this is the wrong story. ”
“ all stories are the wrong story when you are impatient. ”
“ can i tell you something? ”
“ now we are getting somewhere. ”
“ this is not what we meant to be. ”
“ let me tell you a story about love. ”
“ all wars are the same war. ”
“ that’s just bad planning. ”
“ in the wrong light anyone can look like a darkness. ”
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