How is writing
characters godlike? Today, in this way: My Sara -- I feel responsible for her; I
love her as I love myself, which is to say, not well enough and a bit too much.
I could make her do what I want, but I refuse. I could force her to make a
decision that is unnatural to her, but she will be spoiled if I do. I will not
love her if I force her to be what she is not. I will love her better in ruins,
broken and torn of her own poor volition, than I will love her in an imaginary
heaven of my creation.
