What’s the bravest thing you ever did? He spat in the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said.
There is no forgiveness. For women. A man may lose his honor and regain it again. But a woman cannot. She cannot.
The frailty of everything revealed at last. Old and troubling issues resolved into nothingness and night. The last instance of a thing takes the class with it. Turns out the light and is gone. Look around you. Ever is a long time. But the boy knew what he knew. That ever is no time at all.
Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said.