“Humans fear death so much, but there is no death,” he whispers. “There is only the illusion of it. We can never cease to be. We must stay like this. Forever.”
“If this is foolish, I don’t want to be wise.”
“My mother always says that love is like a snakebite, a venom slowly spreading through your veins.”
“I know the path by heart, by heart- a funny expression, so true. My heart knows right where to go.”
“My heart knows right where to go”
“I don’t love or hate humans. I respect them. They shape themselves, in a way that we angels do not. They tell lies and sleep around and curse, and they try to define themselves so valiantly. Who am I? they keep asking. Why am I here?”
“I guess I always knew that our time together would be fleeting. Ephemeral.”
“Angela’s in love with an angel.”
“Imagine a person created for you. Another being so in tune with you that their voice was the clearest you’ve ever heard in your mind.”
“Fantaseó con una cerilla y un bidón de gasolina.”
“I think,” Hoa says slowly, “that if you love someone, you don’t get to choose how they love you back.”
“Louie was furious at the sharks. He had thought that they had an understanding:The men would stay out of the sharks' turf - the water - and the sharks would stay off of theirs - the raft. That the sharks had taken shots at him when he had gone overboard, and when the raft had been mostly submerged after the strafing, had seemed fair enough. But their attempt to poach men from their reinflated raft struck Louie as dirty pool. He stewed all night, scowled hatefully at the sharks all day, and eventually made a decision. if the sharks were going to try to eat him, he was going to try to eat them.”
“Please don't embarrass yourself by offering an opinion.”
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