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I started and finished a horror type genre called Seeing Eye by Jack Ellis. It was a refreshing change as I searched for true crime read and rediscovered this book I found in my basement. It was an easy read but it kept you guessing and I found it p
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“I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.”
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“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.”
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”
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“But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?”
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“May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.”
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