Anne Osterlund

Look, Aerin, preparation is only half the challenge of winning a debate.___nd the other half?__e had her now. __ou have to choose the right side.___our side, you mean._ She bristled.__o, the losing side.___hat?___lways choose the weaker side.___hy would I do that?_ Doubt edged her voice, but now she was sitting erect, her feet flat on the floor.__ecause then you have further to go to prove your case._ He eased the feet of his chair down. __n a debate, there are two sides. If both make a good argument, then the less popular side wins because that side had further to go to prove its point. Simple logistics.___f you don__ care which side wins._ She frowned.__t__ a debate. It doesn__ matter which side wins.___ou mean it doesn__ matter to you._ The tone in her voice unsettled him. Or maybe it was the fact that that her criticism disturbed him at all.__t__ a class,_ he said. __he point is to flesh out the different sides of an argument.___nd you don__ care if the truth gets lost in the shuffle. Don__ you believe in anything?!

I read nonfiction."She reared back as if offended.

He felt the muscle of his heart rip apart, and there was nothing he could do but watch it bleed all over the dreams he had never meant to have.

When you have the same dream over and over again, your brain is trying to solve a problem. It knows there's an answer.

Gregory: Go to hell.Dane: I'd be glad to leave you in it.