“Whatever bond you think you have, money will make that shit dissolve.”
― King of Ashes
― King of Ashes
“It is one thing to admit to being feared, or hated. Quite another to admit that you are unloved, and lonely, and that it is taking all your strength to hide it.”
― The Raven Scholar
― The Raven Scholar
“Journalism is just one of many stages in the life-cycle of a tree: seed, sapling, tree, lumber, pulp, earth-shattering revelations, fishwrap.”
― When It's A Jar
― When It's A Jar
“Of all the unthinkable events in his life, the fact that the universe had put him beside this woman felt the most unlikely.”
― The Mercy of Gods
― The Mercy of Gods
“Life is a puzzle with no answer; a game with no rules; a maze with no exit, except death. And still we stumble on through the dark, creating form where there is none, seeing patterns that are not there.”
― The Raven Scholar
― The Raven Scholar
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