“I reminded myself, how did I know that my view was the right one? Who was I to pronounce it a wasted life? Perhaps it was my life, my quiet scholarly life, immersed in books, shut off from the world, that was the wasted one.”
― The Pale Horse
― The Pale Horse
“People were temporary. It was the one thing you could count on: people always left,”
― The Reappearance of Rachel Price
― The Reappearance of Rachel Price
“because everybody left eventually, but it hurt less. That was what life was, choosing the way that hurt less.”
― The Reappearance of Rachel Price
― The Reappearance of Rachel Price
“What beats me—it always does—is how a man can be so clever and yet be such a perfect fool.”
― The Pale Horse
― The Pale Horse
“Hey Sarge, remember me?”
― As Good As Dead
― As Good As Dead
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