Gavin

“The thing about an addict, as anyone who has ever dealt with one knows, is that it becomes impossible to determine where exactly their instinct toward self-destruction becomes intertwined with a desperate need for attention, if they’re running into walls because they want you to help them up or because they’ve come to love the taste of blood.”
― Daniel Polansky, A City Dreaming

“Trust me, Eisenhorn, if I ever thought you were, I’d shoot you myself.’ I glanced back at him. ‘Please do.”
― Dan Abnett, Eisenhorn

“knew you wouldn’t come if I called you, not after last time. What can I say? I’m fucked up.” The addict’s lament—the addict and everyone who knows him.”
― Daniel Polansky, A City Dreaming

“Do you suppose you could go an entire paragraph without resorting to profanity?” “Maybe,” M supposed, “but why chance it?”
― Daniel Polansky, A City Dreaming