“Hey, the statistics are there. Alcohol kills thirty-five thousand people a year. This is just one more extreme example.”
― Passions of the Dead
― Passions of the Dead
“During a crisis, some people stepped outside their own limitations and performed heroically. Others medicated or wallowed in self-pity. Anderson disappointed her. No wonder his fiancée had started drinking again.”
― Rules of Crime
― Rules of Crime
“God meant for friends to help carry heavy burdens. Didn’t mean for any of us to carry them all by ourselves.”
― What Follows After
― What Follows After
“Patches of orange, red, and yellow forest dotted the landscape, the trees’ leaves on fire for the season.”
― The Secret of the Stones
― The Secret of the Stones
“Grief was not a stream. It was an ocean.”
― Deadlock
― Deadlock
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