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Parenthood is like the first stage of mortality. Once you have children, you realize you’re no longer invincible.”
This is the rule: you can sleep wherever you want, just not with whomever you want. You stick to that and we’ll both be fine.”
They were already at a disadvantage. The devil never slept. That gave Satan a seven-hour head start each and every day.
“I was retired when I bought this place.” Kinny thought a moment. “Might have bit off more than I can chew. Some days when it’s real cold, I just don’t want to get out of bed. But the store is warm and it keeps me busy even if it’s busywork. Fact is, everyone needs a place to go when they wake up in the morning.”
“Of course.” McAdams rubbed his arms and looked across campus. The skies were deep blue as the sun burned off the clouds. The lawns were fading and the trees were starting to turn. “My favorite time of year. It gives me a certain transient energy. The days feel very fleeting, like you have to hurry up and finish whatever you’ve started. Autumn is this anteroom before you step into a cold, dark space.”
“The connections are interesting, but we’re talking about a bunch of educated—highly educated—people.” “Intelligence is orthogonal to evil. You know that. And if you know anything about academics, you might even say there is a correlation between the two.”
He and Rina went in the opposite direction, but he didn’t mind. In fact, he liked the cold. There was nothing better than curling up in front of a fire with a good whiskey and reading a great book. It was a luxury of his dotage: no small, runny-nosed, noisy children underfoot who needed to be dressed and undressed every time they went outside to play.
“Got it. Get them food, be caring, and just listen.” “Yep.” Decker placed a hand on McAdams’s shoulder. “It’s like the old country song.” McAdams waited. “Okay, Old Man. What country song?” “‘You say it best when you say nothing at all.’”
