She reminds herself that she’s not in Afghanistan anymore. She’s home, safe, in New York State. Nothing bad can happen to her here.
“All that beauty . . . and Daggrepont, ugliness personified, a fat, grotesque pouch of greed, avarice shining in his magnified eyes . . .”
― Dark Paradise
― Dark Paradise
“That isn’t your real motivation. I know your type. You have a secret passion for justice. Why don’t you admit it?” “I have a secret passion for mercy,” I said. “But justice is what keeps happening to people.”
― The Goodbye Look
― The Goodbye Look
“Pour alcohol on a bundle of nerves and it generally turns into a can of worms.”
― The Chill
― The Chill
“Never sleep with anyone whose troubles are worse than your own.”
― Black Money
― Black Money
“We merged our lonelinesses once again, in something less than love but sweeter than self. I didn’t get home to West Los Angeles after all.”
― The Goodbye Look
― The Goodbye Look
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