Besides, anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.
“Lines from an old film came back to him unbidden: That I should want you at all suddenly strikes me as the height of improbability. You’re an improbable person, and so am I.”
― The Obsidian Chamber
― The Obsidian Chamber
“How can you eat donuts—jelly donuts no less—just before viewing a postmortem examination?” Al licked his lips clean. “What’s the big deal? Donuts are one of the five major food groups.” “Oh, really?” “Never heard of them?” “Not your version.” Al grinned boyishly. “Pizza, burgers, carne asada, donuts, and pussy.”
― They Never Die Quietly
― They Never Die Quietly
“Loneliness comes in two basic varieties. When it results from a desire for solitude, loneliness is a door we close against the world. When the world instead rejects us, loneliness is an open door, unused.”
― The Odd Thomas #1-4: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours
― The Odd Thomas #1-4: Odd Thomas, Forever Odd, Brother Odd, Odd Hours
“There’s something horribly unfair about dying in the middle of a good story, before you have a chance to see how it all comes out. Of course, I suppose everyone always dies in the middle of a good story, in a sense. Your own story. Or the story of your children. Or your grandchildren. Death is a raw deal for narrative junkies.”
― The Fireman
― The Fireman
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