“ She wondered if all boys were like this, their meanness a self defense. ”
What is the first anesthetic?Wealth.And if I take your wealth?Necessities.And if I demolish your home, burn your fields?Acknowledgement.And if I make it taboo to sympathize with your plight?Family.And if I kill your family?God.And God......Hasn't said a word in two thousand years. (136)
~ Omar El Akkad
Everyone fights an American war.
It seemed to Karina further proof that wartime was the only time the world became as simple and carnivorously liberating as it must exist at all times in men's minds.
Rage wrapped itself around her like a tourniquet, keeping her alive even as it condemned a part of her to atrophy.
