Ben

“I’ll take care of it, Luke said. And because he said it instead of her, I knew he meant kill. That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an it, where none was before. You do that first, in your head, and then you make it real. So that’s how they do it, I thought. I seemed never to have known that before.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid's Tale

“He doesn't normally wish he had friends, but when this thought comes to him, he does. It might be helpful to know a man of his age and experience who could tell him whether his troubles were benign or terminal.”
― Mason Coile, William

“That is what you have to do before you kill, I thought. You have to create an it, where none was before. You do that first in your head, and then you make it real.”
― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

“[...] feels gratitude, to the pages, for teaching him, already, that while it's okay to be scared, you've got to push back while you tremble.”
― Josh Malerman, Malorie