Mothers Don’t

I was coming to understand that trials are a contest of stories. Basically, there are two opposing stories, very different from each other, that are in effect two artefacts obtained by combining the same elements—the mythemes—in different ways. Don’t hire a lawyer, hire a good writer. Because it’s not the truth that will win, but the person who tells the best story, the most coherent and believable one. In other words, the most mythological story, the one best able to fit the world view of the jurors.

I had seen pregnancy as a silent threat, a skilled sniper who would end the life I loved.

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Neoliberal language is truly emotive, inspiring, empowering, and corrupt. It turns desires into rights and rights into desires. Lie down here, spread your legs. Concentrate on your dreams, if you wish for them hard enough, they’ll come true.

Seria jo mateixa més feliç jugant amb el que escriuen altres, gaudint moments, patint moments, oblidant moments, recordant moments, sense pensar en com expressar-los després amb paraules de la manera més veraç, per por que, si no, no siguin reals? Sospito que la resposta a totes aquestes preguntes és sí, però en realitat no importa, perquè una no tria lliurement els seus impulsos.

La veritat, o allò que ens conformaríem a anomenar veritat, molt probablement es troba barrejant les hipòtesis A, B, C, D i E en dosis desconegudes. La literatura és alquímia.