“ This is how hatred begins -- with a muffled laugh on a hot night and a knock on the door. ”
I let all that anger and worry go because they don't belong to me any more than the future does. And I don't wanna feel them anyhow, because the truth is, whatever happens when this war ends, here and now, far from Richmond County, I'm freer than I've ever been.
~ Teresa R. Funke
The only difference between a grown-up's mistake and a child's is the size of the consequence.
The tears are falling freely now, and I don't care if he sees them. They're tears of relief for my nephew, worry for my grandfather and my brother, and shame for my mistake. I figure I earned them.
When we give ourselves permission to go wherever our outlandish thoughts take us, we feel that rush of creativity and excitement.
