“Like Villa, I believed that even though some men did not deserve to go on living, they still deserved to be remembered at their best.”
“Did you know that you deserve much, much more than a guy like Javier?” I asked. “Did you know that even if I did know I deserve more than that, it still haunts me that I can’t at least have it?”
“I pray. I go to mass. I even remember to respect my elders and help little old ladies across the street. What the hell did I do to deserve this?”
“I was trying not to be happy, hopeful. I did not believe I deserved happiness or even hope, if you knew my soul.”
“Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
“Did women deserve to be treated like sluts? No. Did sluts deserve to be treated like sluts? Yes.”