Cursed Moon Quotes

“Debriefings were always framed as closure, but sometimes they felt like ritualized reopening of wounds. Having to stand in front of someone with the power to steal your badge and defend the choices you made in the line of fire felt like its own sort of hell. Not the watery hell of that lake with the monster and the madman, but a hell lorded over by the demons Would Have, Could Have, and Should have.”
― Jaye Wells, Cursed Moon

“What?" my partner asked suddenly.
I jumped, guilty at having been caught staring. But, hell, I thought, might as well ask. "Are you two--you know?" I made a vaguely obscene gesture with my fingers.
He stopped walking so fast I was shocked he didn't get whiplash. "What?"
I waved toward the building. "You and Shandi."
Instead of answering, he threw his head back and brayed like the jackass he was.”
― Jaye Wells, Cursed Moon

“You’re only as sick as your secrets.” —Recovery program saying”
― Jaye Wells, Cursed Moon

“But men who dress as goats and gallivant through sex riots playing flutes tend not to be the most logical people.”
― Jaye Wells, Cursed Moon

“It--it was an accident," I said.
"Sometimes accidents are merely manifestations of wishes long denied.”
― Jaye Wells, Cursed Moon

“That woman sees more snatch than an ob-gyn.”
― Jaye Wells, Cursed Moon

“You look like someone beat you with a bag of dicks,” Morales called by way of greeting.”
― Jaye Wells, Cursed Moon