Love was a kind of talent, a kind of skill.
Jonathan Dee – The Privileges
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Books based on imaginary events, people, and places.
Love was a kind of talent, a kind of skill.
Jonathan Dee – The Privileges
Power was easiest to acquire when it was given freely.
Jonathan Dee – The Privileges
Youth was the only true currency.
Jonathan Dee – The Privileges
Freedom is the right to one’s own solitude.
Jonathan Dee – The Privileges
Knowledge was a rumor until it lived in the muscle.
Jonathan Dee – The Privileges
Guilt is the hilt of the knife that we use on ourselves, and love is often the blade; but it’s worry that keeps the knife sharp—the parent of all emotions.
Jonathan Dee – The Privileges
Optimism was a moral choice.
Jonathan Dee – The Privileges
Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself.
Jonathan Dee – The Privileges
We are all entitled to our histories and the right to keep them as we see fit.
Dinaw Mengestu – How to Read the Air
The problem with children is that they are not returnable.
Dinaw Mengestu – How to Read the Air