“What makes Iago evil? Some people ask. I never ask.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
“There was silence. Something real was happening: this was, as it were, her life. If she could keep that in mind she would be able to play it through, do the right thing, whatever that meant.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
“I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
“One thing in my defense, not that it matters: I know something Carter never knew, or Helene, or maybe you. I know what "nothing" means, and keep on playing.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
“By the end of the week she was thinking constantly about where her body stopped and the air began about the exact point in space and time that was the difference between Maria and other.”
― Play It As It Lays
― Play It As It Lays
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