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“IT WOULD BE ERRONEOUS to say he was quiet. Quiet is peace. Tranquillity. His silence was the silence of one who has taken cover in a dark place, curled up all the edges and tucked them under. He didn’t so much live with us as occupy space. He walked like he was afraid to leave behind footprints. He moved as if not to stir the air around him. Mostly, he slept.”

“Perspective is a luxury when your head is constantly buzzing with a swarm of demons.”

“So what I took as a yes from him was in actuality more of a quiet surrender, not so much an acceptance as an act of relinquishment by one too weary to decide, and far too tired to believe.”

“And that, I believe, is what true redemption is, when guilt leads to good.”

“A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”

“Nothing wrong with cowardice as long as it comes with prudence.”

“How seamless seemed love and then came trouble”