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“They say not knowing is worse. But sometimes, knowing is just as bad. Knowing is finally finding that elusive needle in the haystack, only to discover that the needle was the very thing stopping the entire haystack from collapsing and burying you.”
― C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

“Although we can never really ease trauma, our mind is good at repairing it, layering over it with new experiences, like fresh skin growing over an old wound. The scar remains. It just hurts less and becomes harder to see.”
― C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

“History itself is stained with the blood of the innocent and written by the ruthless. Good does not always triumph over evil. Prayers do not win battles. Sometimes, we need the devil on our side. The problem is, once you have him riding shotgun, he's hard to get rid of.”
― C.J. Tudor, The Burning Girls

“if you try to outrun your own shadow, you’re bound to fall on your face.”
― Stephen King, Later