He was growing up. Soon he would be a man. He wondered what that would mean. Surely he could not have more required of him as an adult that had been required of him as a child. There could not be more

Why are you at war with yourself? I want things that I do not want to want. Please leave me But why shouldn't you have what you want?

Josif told me. That he thought he was going to fall in love with you. Did you mind? Why should I mind? There's plenty of love, what should I care? I love both …

Now I will never let go of you in my heart, Josif thought. I will love you forever, he thought. I am lying, he thought, and this time he was right

So, what's it like in the real world? Well, the food is better, but beyond that, I don't recommend it.

One of the most obvious facts about grown-ups to a child is that they have forgotten what it is like to be a child.

Childhood lasts all through life. It returns to animate broad sections of adult life.... Poets will help us to find this living childhood within us, this perma…