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“She needed to understand what drove these people to commit such heinous acts. She needed to believe we were different from them.”
― What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
― What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
“When we are young, we are motivated by desire, and as we get older, by fear. Maybe as life goes on and your heart gets broken a few times, it's easier to be attached to things rather than people.”
― What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
― What the Dead Know: Learning About Life as a New York City Death Investigator
“Horror stories are best appreciated by those who are compassionate and empathetic. A paradox, but a true one. I believe it is the unimaginative among us, those incapable of appreciating the dark side of make-believe, who have been responsible for most of the world’s woes.”
― You Like It Darker
― You Like It Darker
“As soon as words had become crimes against the state, it was only a small step to transform into offenses mere glances, sorrow, compassion, sighs, even silence...”
― Places of Greater Safety
― Places of Greater Safety
“That’s what the Internet’s good for, spreading information.” Not to mention mental illness, Wilson thinks.”
― You Like It Darker
― You Like It Darker
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