But I stayed up thinking about how I’ve been lying to him, no less than I lie to myself in my pre-sleep ritual. And I lied to him again just as we were growing more intimate than ever and he asked me about my scar.
He clearly suffers from some past traumas too, so hopefully he’ll understand why I was untruthful to him about mine.
Adding to my emotional dizziness on Sunday, I spoke with my sister, who kept noting how amazing Michael is, and what a brave and selfless man he is for having helped as he did.
My past still haunts me when I sleep, although I saw that – much to my surprise- his does as well.
But then, as I looked in the mirror, I became fixated on some hairs near my carotid artery that were still there. I pushed the blade deep against my neck to shave them off, and then blood squirted out.
A few minutes later, my eyes began to feel a bit droopy, but I vaguely noticed that Anissa was whispering something.
The lead-up to the moment was magical in every respect, but a part of me was, and still is, uneasy about the whole thing for many reasons.
In addition to my new outlook on life, in some absurdly simple way, Anissa gave me several new reasons to live. Above all, I had to see her again and find out what, if anything, would happen between her and me.
She was somehow this damaged creature I had fortuitously encountered along my path and now cared about as a result. Granted, I didn’t cause her harm, as I did with Icarus, but I somehow began to feel responsible for her welfare.
The danger of prolonged despair is its tendency to cloud the gift of a new beginning that every tomorrow offers. –Anissa’s Redemption
Honest dishonesty. That’s quite the oxymoron – but I like the originality that you’ve brought to bear in the art of rationalization. Maybe you should consider becoming a lawyer,” he added jokingly.
Still not sure about how easily he could be integrated into their posse, Trevor smiled in delighted relief at how tolerantly two of his close friends had received his new identity.
It’s not a bad thing, if you’re responsible about it. Just don’t start having boyfriends. Wait until you’ve found your husband.” “And how am I supposed to find a husband if I can’t have a boyfriend until then?” I asked ironically.
It will all work out, Inas. You come from a long line of survivors and strong women. So everything will be fine in the end. And we are always with you in spirit, to guide you and love you.
I’m not sure. But – unless I’m struggling with the darkness within – I like to sustain the illusion that death is actually much further from me than it really is.
Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism employed to avoid cognitive dissonance.
Sometimes violence is necessary to prevent even more violence,” I concluded, almost as if it were an epiphany.
Because in the end, we die. It’s like Chekhov observed in so many of his plays: ‘in two hundred years, no one will even know we were here.
So our narcissism has bared forth an unflattering nakedness that shames our species. But this is humanity. This is our condition.
Don’t invite envy to your house – you never know who will show up,” she used to warn me.
All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (Edmund Burke)
Isn’t it better just to make your own money, and then spend it how and when you want, and with dignity?
Dating someone exclusively for four months in New York is like four years in Anchorage.
Having had virtually no contact with the outside world for the last few weeks, Evan had temporarily forgotten the social norms governing shopping conduct or approaching celebrities in public.
And you never fall behind?”“Of course I do. But I always feel guilty when that happens. After all, my journal is the oldest and most loyal friend I have. And it never interrupts me when I’m speaking,” he added, with a boyish grin.
Have you ever experienced a beauty of soul, an esthetic grace, that was so intense it made you want to cry?”From Central Park Song ( A Screenplay )
What’s a TH?”“A Traffic Hazard,” Heeb clarified.“Oh you mean because the woman is so hot she’ll take your eyes off the road?” Narc confirmed.“Exactly.
Oh. Well was this your first time painting a live model?”She nodded her head, with an almost guilty look on her face.“What’s it like?”“Hard,” she replied.
And as their penile pain began to subside, the two men were able to form more complex thoughts, resulting in a collaborative work: the development of a worldview that might be described as “penilosophy.
But despite these and many other differences, Evan and Heeb had become close friends – an improbability that could have been produced only by the even greater improbabilities that brought them together.
They truly embodied goodness and generosity – like angels sent to save me in my hour of greatest need. Mohammed had risked everything to keep a promise to my father. He and his family saved not only my life, but also my faith in others.
Sadly enough, sometimes you and Lenny are the only real human interactions that I have all day. The rest of the day I’m just like a machine that mechnically computes and producesAlso in “Stories and Scripts:An Anthology
People should think that being a writer is cool. Even if you’re just a starving writer. Besides, most great writers were starving at one point or another. It comes with the title.
In some mystical way, Lenny seemed to ennoble work more than anyone I had ever met”Also in “Stories and Scripts:an Anthology
I wish I knew how to get you back. And apparently fate won’t let me give up”From Central Park Song: a Screenplay
Oh no. I’m not gonna let you leave yet. I’m gonna show you the value of takin’ your time to get to work. I probably should have done this a long time ago.
So if you choose me, then you have declared me more special to you than anyone else, because only one man can have that honor.
Aren’t 3,000 lives worth a miracle to a good and all-powerful god?
Everyone needs beauty. Even beautiful people”From “Central Park Song
We pick the people who populate our personal lives as much for who they make us as for who they are. I chose Anna for the person I became in her presence, and in this respect, my love for her was a more selfish one
I want to feel like I’m making a difference in this world. And I want some time for living rather than just working. Life is for living, isn’t it? It can’t be all just for working
It’s not how long you see something. It’s how you intensely you feel it”From Central Park Song: a Screenplay
And today is really the happiest day of your life, because today you woke up and stumbled across the shadow of your soul in broad daylight.”From Central Park Song: a Screenplay
Well why don’t you lean over this counter a little more and give me your best kiss, and then I’ll tell you if I want you to take me out to dinner.
Can I speak to Sayvyer, please?”“You’re looking for the savior? At 1:15 a.m.?”“No. her name’s Sayvyer.”“There’s no savior here. Especially not at 1:15 a.m.
At times like these, size really does matter,” I point out, at I extend my ginormous umbrella over her in a way that stops any rain droplets from falling on her.My Best Valentine’s Day Ever, A Short Story by Zack Love
Youth is marked by a breathtaking novelty that diminishes with each year of age – until life becomes a delusive struggle to break routines, escape the ordinary, and rediscover the joy of discovery.
And just as I’m about to lay on the Yi-Wang-Smooth, I see Lay #1 and Lay #3 show up to our table and take the two empty seats nearby. From: “My Worst Valentine’s Day.Ever: a Short Story
Like a driver who has lost control of his vechicle, I was bracing for the impending crash.”From: “My Worst Valentine’s Day.Ever: a Short Story
New York City is legendary for sleeping around. There’s hot tail everywhere and it’s such a big city that two-timing and even three-timing is very doable, if you plan it right.”From “My Worst Valentine’s Day.Ever. (a Short Story)
Everything is going as planned until I notice that Ashley has barely touched her wine glass or food after ordering the priciest bottle and several of the most expensive dishes on the menu.From “My Worst Valentine’s Day.Ever: a Short Story
When you look for beauty, you usually end up finding it.From Central Park Song (A Screenplay)
Let the park live in you until it sings you a song.