The Killing Thing

“It's a metaphor, see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth, but you don't give it the power to do its killing."

John Green wrote that in his book, The Fault in Our Stars. He was talking about smoking. In the story Augustus Waters always carried a pack with him, and has a cigarette between his teeth. He never lights it though.

Looking beyond a mere cigarette, words, weapons, love, hate, they all kill. Yet, its up to us to either give it the power to kill us. 

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