The Burning Page

The problem with paranoia was that if you let it rule all your decisions, then you would miss some perfectly good opportunities.

Blind faith is just another word for slavery.

There were things to do, people to see, questions to ask. Books to read.

“I have spent most of my life preferring books to people,” Irene said sharply. “Just because I like a few specific people doesn’t change anything.”

“Maybe it’s like being a parent,” she said, bringing up a Library map. “You never really see your children as adults.”

“You’re exaggerating,” Kai said, with the easy confidence of someone who hadn’t tested the issue yet.

There were so many possible logical holes in that statement that Irene could have used it as a tea-strainer.