“Reality was one step out of line, a cardigan with the buttons done up wrong.”
“His finger flicked open a button on my cardigan-then two, three, four. It tumbled off my shoulders, leaving me in my camisole. He pushed up the hem, teasing and stroking his thumb across my stomach. My breath came in a sharp intake of air.”
“Reality is made up of circles but we see straight lines.”
“In other words, I step out of line and we're all dead.”
“When something needs to be done in the world to rectify the wrongs, if one is really concerned with benefiting others, one needs to be engaged, involved. This is action out of compassion.”
“I was marching to the beat of my own drummer, and I was clearly out of step with reality.”