2017-01-25

He is an adult, and thus merely a faceless representative of order and judgment. He is the conk from a policeman's cudgel; he is the blow that awaits them at home; he is the end of all possible thrills; thus he is to be avoided. Beyond that he is not to be taken seriously; he is to be scoffed at and then forgotten.

Ship of Theseus, V. M. Straka,