“Freedom is for the educated people who fought for it. We were slaves of the English, now we will be slaves of the educated Indians—or the Pakistanis.”
― Train to Pakistan
― Train to Pakistan
“The Days were a clan that mighta lived long
But Ben Day’s head got screwed on wrong
That boy craved dark Satan’s power
So he killed his family in one nasty hour
Little Michelle he strangled in the night
Then chopped up Debby: a bloody sight
Mother Patty he saved for last
Blew off her head with a shotgun blast
Baby Libby somehow survived
But to live through that ain’t much a life
—SCHOOLYARD RHYME, CIRCA 1985”
― Dark Places
But Ben Day’s head got screwed on wrong
That boy craved dark Satan’s power
So he killed his family in one nasty hour
Little Michelle he strangled in the night
Then chopped up Debby: a bloody sight
Mother Patty he saved for last
Blew off her head with a shotgun blast
Baby Libby somehow survived
But to live through that ain’t much a life
—SCHOOLYARD RHYME, CIRCA 1985”
― Dark Places
“This overwhelming desire to be close to you directly conflicts with my intense fear of people.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 3
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 3
“The truly frightening flaw in humanity is our capacity for cruelty - we all have it.”
― Dark Places
― Dark Places
“She had a great big heart
but very little grace.
Every time she fell in love
she landed on her face.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 3
but very little grace.
Every time she fell in love
she landed on her face.”
― The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories, Vol. 3
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