Britton

“I can’t protect you. I can do what I can, teach you as much as I know. But if I’m not there when the world comes to take its bite—and even if I am—there’s no guarantee I can stop it. I can love you, I can support you, but I can’t keep you safe. And that scares the ever-living shit out of me. Every day, every minute, every breath.”
― Dennis Lehane, Small Mercies

“Carlos used people and made sure they knew the rules. Carlos knew he would pay for his life with eternal damnation.”
― James Ellroy, American Tabloid

“It was a trait common to the recently saved. Especially if one suffered from some form of dependency in their previous unsaved life. It was like they traded a secular addiction for a sanctified one.”
― S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed

“The public has no idea what justice costs the men who perform it.”
― James Ellroy, White Jazz