Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
Brad Meltzer, The Inner Circle.
“...when you go down a dark alley and you feel that tingling across the back of your neck, that's not just a bad feeling, that's a biological gift from God - the Gift of Fear...when you ignore that ...”
“And y'know what they decided the number one threat was? The destructive and disruptive capability of a small group. That's what they're worried about most...they're terrified of a small group with ...”
“Since the moment I saw her yesterday, I've been looking through the sparkly prism of exhilaration that comes with any old flame. But now, for the first time, I'm not just seeing what I want. I'm se...”
“...can I tell you something...? I don't think you're in love with the past. I think you're scared of the future.”
“Today, I don't believe in destiny. But I do believe in history...There's nothing more powerful than history...”
“History doesn't choose individual people. History chooses everyone. Every day. The only question is: How long will you ignore the call?”
“I see them standing at the formal gates of their colleges,I see my father strolling outunder the ochre sandstone arch, thered tiles glinting like bentplates of blood behind his head, Isee my mother...”
“We realized that the version of the world they rendered for us was not the world they really believed in...”
“Id never heard my parents make love. If they made love, they did it silently, like bank robbers, like surgeons.”