He doesn’t answer. I can’t stand these little silences from him. They’re too loud. — Emma Newman

As a scientist, I know this is madness. But I also know this is an act of faith.

That was the second major lie I told that week. It gets easier, in some ways; now I lie without expending any effort. But I think each one has its own weight. One alone may barely register, like a grain of sand in the palm of one’s hand. But soon enough there’s more than can be held and they start to slip through our grasp if we’re not careful.

I’m always careful.

I think that interpreting events as signs from God is a slippery slope.