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Nothing was sexier to the public than a beautiful villain.
“There’s no end to the utter fuckery of the human race, pal.”
Tell-Tale Heart Killer.
“I don’t want those images floating around in my big head, even if they’re pale and fuzzy and in pieces. Because I still see them, when what I should be seeing is you and our future. Not our past.”
lamb souvlaki,
She may have done the leaving, but it was Jerry who’d done the hurting.
But in a marital separation, it was always more than just the couple who split. Social circles fractured right along with the marriage.
“This whole thing is a chess game to her, and she’s the reigning grand master. We’re lucky she’s even letting us play.
We see the world through our own filters. We focus on our own needs.”
It’s dangerous to focus on what we want, and not give any thought to what other people want.
people with absolutely nothing to lose and everything to gain are the most dangerous people around.”
It was funny how you didn’t realize you were in a good mood until the good mood suddenly disintegrated.
It was a surprisingly intelligent question for a kid who didn’t seem that bright.
“I know writers say fiction is just made-up crap, but personally, I think even made-up crap’s gotta come from somewhere.”
Her sobs were so deep they hurt her chest.
she’s the lesser of two evils right now. I don’t have the luxury of saying no.”
under the bright white lights of the morgue, no detail was spared.
Psychopaths don’t operate with the same rules of logic the rest of us do. You’re trying to make sense of something that will never make sense.”
Don’t play her game.”
combinatorics
hoping in some ridiculous way that talking fast would minimize the impact of his words.
Ha. Scared was such a small word to describe what he was feeling right now.
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” Abby smiled. “That’s Hitchcock, in case you didn’t know. One of my favorite quotes of all time. The waiting’s the worst part, isn’t it?”
How helpful that her imagination seemed perfectly willing to fill in whatever blanks she couldn’t visually confirm.
his heart on fast-forward but his legs in slow motion.
