The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere, #1)
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Realized a few days ago I’m nice to her because we’re alone here, but also because she’s pretty.
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It does no good to tell a beautiful woman how beautiful she is. If she already knows, it gives her power over the fool who tells her. If she does not, there is nothing that can be said to make her believe it.
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The day after he sliced the infant’s brain to be pressed between glass, Jack calmly administered a fatal overdose of morphine to himself. His last thought was that to die in such peace in a world like this was the most privileged and selfish act he had ever committed.
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“I can’t fix you. I don’t have the time to teach you why you’re wrong if you don’t already know. So this is it. Stand or kneel?”
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What I have with Brian isn’t natural, either, but at least I know he’s all mine. Doc Jane says I don’t have to call myself gay. I don’t know what we should call it but I want us to get married. I told the raiders to keep an eye out for a nice diamond ring. I want to make an honest wife out of my Breezy.