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The more people there were around him, the less personal they became. The less real.
there was only a hairbreadth of difference between cops and killers.
“This is why I forgive, but I don’t forget. When you forget someone, the forgiveness doesn’t mean anything anymore.
“That one’ll keep you on the straight and narrow, Jasper Francis. Don’t let her go.”
Fear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If you’re afraid, that’s the universe trying to tell you something. Get away. Don’t run; don’t panic. Just pick up and walk out, calm as you please. Panic makes you stupid.
Everyone was controlled by something, the Impressionist knew. By a spouse. A parent. A boss. A friend. By one’s own impulses, be they dark or light. Everyone was a puppet to something. Most people just couldn’t see the strings, is all. And so they didn’t believe they were puppets in the first place.
“We humans have the capacity to wreak horrors on each other. But we also have the capacity to survive those horrors.
We get stuff from our parents, but we also get stuff from the world around us. From the people around us. And at the end of the day, we’re us.”
And that was when Jazz realized that he was in love with Connie. Because for the first time in his life, there was someone more important than himself.
