MaddAddam

Why is war so much like a practical joke? she thinks. Hiding behind bushes, leaping out, with not much difference between Boo! and Bang! except the blood.

“Life is warped. I'm just in sync.”

“Gender roles suck," says Swift Fox. Then you should stop playing them, thinks Toby.

Amazing how quickly the past becomes idyllic.

“But hatred and viciousness are addictive. You can get high on them. Once you've had a little, you start shaking if you don't get more.”

There's the story, then there's the real story, then there's the story of how the story came to be told. Then there's what you leave out of the story. Which is part of the story too.