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“As if the island were a body, he had spent his life roaming it, searching for the cancer cells that came in every shape and form. If there was a dead-beat dad who failed to provide the proper support to his family, Max would set him on the right path. If a racist super harassed the tenants, Max would set him straight.”
― Daniel Martin Eckhart, Home

“He had been born here at the turn of the century and he would die here a few months from now. But not before finding Alana’s bracelet.”
― Daniel Martin Eckhart, Home

“That’s it,” Max said. “There’s nothing else. You live and then you die. No mystery. End of story.”
― Daniel Martin Eckhart, Home

“At first glance she seemed asleep, with a book open on her chest. Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass.”
― Daniel Martin Eckhart, Home

“Behind him Stillwell, to the right the rusty tower of the Parachute Jump, to his left the Atlantis Diner … the scene of the crime. The shutters were still down. Soon enough Rebecca would open up and serve him his breakfast.”
― Daniel Martin Eckhart, Home

“The Big C would do what the Big C wanted to do. Max had lived eighty-two years’ worth of a rich life. No fires, no accidents, no brass knuckles, no knives and no guns had ever managed to put a permanent dent into the life of Max Flynn. Cancer.”
― Daniel Martin Eckhart, Home