“How do you compare sadness that takes over like an erupted volcano to sadness that stays inside one, still as a still-born baby?”
Genel grev hala devam ediyordu. Fakat, bir süre sonra CNT sağlık sendikası tarafından yürütülen mücadeleyle teslim alınan hastaneler ve sağlık merkezleri yeniden fonksiyonlarını görmeye başladılar. En önemli hastaneler işçiler tarafından kontrol ediliyordu. Taban inisiyatifi ile fırıncılar, kolektif ya da komünal biçimlerde yeniden çalışmaya
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He raises an eyebrow. “Am I unstoppable, sweetheart?”
“You are.”
“How about when it comes to you?”
“You still are… sometimes. I mean, I know you care about me, but that doesn’t mean you’re politically correct.”
“And I’ll never be.” He dismisses ever so casually. “In your mind, do I want to hurt or protect you?”
“Protect me.” I don’t even think about it.
Aiden might’ve wanted to hurt me at the beginning, but that’s changed. He doesn’t want to inflict pain on me anymore — except during sex sometimes, but that’s part of our foreplay.
Aiden is my number one protector now, and I can admit it out loud.
“Agnus is like me,” he emphasises every word. “He’s just like me.”
The realisation hits me like an eruption of a volcano. “He wants to protect my dad.”
“Exactly.”
Önceki Gün ya da Bir Yıl Öncesi Danny Livingstone, sol kulağının içindeki kulak çubuğunu elinde çevirdiği sırada kendi kendisine, burası cennet, dedi. Yanına kar kalan birkaç günlük keyfinden biri de buydu, çünkü yüzlerini bile hatırlayamadığı kadar çok kadınla yatıp kalktıktan (ki kendileriyle bir daha karşılaşmayı filan arzulamıyordu), o güya
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(...)
this
tired
life
this dusty dream,
The paradox of volcanoes was that they were symbols of destruction but also life. Once the lava slows and cools, it solidifies and then breaks down over time to become soil - rich, fertile soil.
She wasn't a black hole, she decided. She was a volcano. And like a volcano she couldn't run away from herself. She'd have to stay there and tend to that wasteland.
She could plant a forest inside herself.
