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“No, my world wasn’t like that at all. “What about when someone does something nice and expects nothing in return?” “You’re stupid if you think they don’t expect something in return. No one gives something for nothing.” “Yeah? So what does someone get for covering up a murder?”
― The Pale-Faced Lie
― The Pale-Faced Lie
“No tie is as strong as family, making it the hardest one to break.”
― The Pale-Faced Lie
― The Pale-Faced Lie
“An even more blatant example of the government’s hypocrisy was their role in regulating alcohol. The politicians and bureaucrats pretended to care about alcoholism but allowed minors to drink with adults all day and all night. They just opened more jail cells and operated additional paddy wagons, letting the drunks back out in time for Sam and me to fire cherry bombs at them. As Dad said, “Half the PhDs in the country study Indian alcoholism, but nothing changes. No one in the government really gives a shit. They just want the tax revenue.”
― The Pale-Faced Lie
― The Pale-Faced Lie
“Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will. Believe in yourself. Never quit.”
― The Pale-Faced Lie
― The Pale-Faced Lie
“Never trust a survivor,” my father used to warn me, with Vartan Mamigonian in mind, “until you find out what he did to stay alive.”
― Bluebeard
― Bluebeard
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