Tonya

“Grief,” he said, “is carnivorous. It feeds whether you’re awake or not, whether you fight it or you don’t. Much like cancer. And one morning you wake up and all those other emotions—joy, envy, greed, even love—are swallowed by it. And you’re alone with grief, naked to it. And it owns you.”
― Dennis Lehane, Sacred

“What the do-gooders label “de-sensitization” has a value as well as a price. Some of us can’t afford to be shocked by catastrophe. The surgeon, the burn ward nurse, emergency room attendants, paramedics, firefighters and cops, all those who scrape the still-screaming remains out of car wrecks, must cultivate their off-switch. Those who can’t learn to crack wise and discuss baseball over a corpse must find a gentler line of work. The rumor is that city cops get strange from what they see, their eyes flattening or sinking into sockets as deep and hollow as rat holes.”
― Sean Tejaratchi, Death Scenes: A Homicide Detective's Scrapbook

“My dog is half pit-bull, half poodle. Not much of a watchdog, but a vicious gossip!”
― Craig Shoemaker

“Snakes do not need to justify their behavior.”
― Stephen King, Sleeping Beauties