Police Brutality Quotes

“I know it’s wrong,” Somers said with a sigh. “I know it shouldn’t be so hot. The whole bad-boy-robot-serial-killer thing you do sometimes. It shouldn’t be such a fucking turn-on.”
Hazard cocked his head. “I don’t see why not. Evolutionarily speaking, we’re programmed to respond to evidence of high achievement in potential sexual partners, in hopes of passing those traits to our offspring.”
“That’s right,” Somers said, reaching down to adjust himself and grinning as they pulled into the broken asphalt lot of Slick’s. “Talk dirty to me.”
― Gregory Ashe, Police Brutality

“I’m evaluating inconsistencies and presenting them as part of an analysis of my own unreliable interpretation of last night.”
“It’s like poetry when you talk. Some guys probably want to hear about roses and throbbing, uh, parts, but give me a nice evaluation of inconsistencies and analysis of unreliable narratives.”
― Gregory Ashe, Police Brutality

“Blue stragglers are brighter, younger than they should be. Astronomers determine it a bunch of different ways, but these stars stand out because they’re anomalies. Do you know why they’re younger than they should be?” “They formed later than other stars.” “That’s a good guess, but there’s not much evidence for it. There are a lot of answers, actually, but only one that seems to have enough evidence to hold up: they feed on other stars. They’ve got all sorts of fanciful names for them. Cannibal stars. Vampire stars. But they’re pretty sure that’s what’s going on. They’re often binary stars, which means they’re part of a pair, and they steal fuel from their companion star.”
― Gregory Ashe, Police Brutality

“Hazard felt a prickle of discomfort, the sense of alienation that reminded him he didn’t see the world the same way as everyone else. He felt it less around Somers”
― Gregory Ashe, Police Brutality