I reject the notion that free will and pre-determinism form a dichotomy. Will and Determination are not opposites. They are both agents of structure, equally pitted against the corruption of chance and chaos.
No one would remember that terrible things had once been done. Hyacinthus, they would say, died not slaughtered by kinsfolk to get food for them, but only because of a sorrowful mistake
When a good con woman dies, itโs usually because she starts believing her own lies. She finds something good and wants it to continue. She keeps it going, thinking she can juggle it. One day more, she tells herself.
Little solace comes to those who grieve when thoughts keep drifting as walls keep shifting and this great blue world of ours seems a house of leaves moments before the wind
She chose when and where she would die. She chose the meaning of her death, and she chose the method. Rare is that gift, isnโt it? Rare is the choice to write the end of your own story.โ
I love my wifeโ I want her back. I loved my sister-in-law. I want to see her alive. I love youโ I should like to see you redeemed. But in the context in which we currently stand here, I doubt any of this is possible.