“The world had kenneled a vicious lie in my brain…”
“I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true”
“There were so many viciously sarcastic ways to respond, Jaden’s brain was temporarily paralyzed due to witty comeback overload.”
“I’d need rest to refresh my brain, and to get rest it’s necessary to travel, and to travel one must have money, and in order to get money you have to work. . . . I am in a vicious circle . . .from which it is impossible to escape.”
“Finally the bell rings and the teenage Pavlovian dogs mosve to the next kennel.”
“...our parents' death broke his sense of wonder. My left-brained brother, who once had dreams of saving the world, now laughs at anyone who tries.”