Henry Avila
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Howard Bahr
“When a man was alone too much, he had only himself to look into, and what he found there was all manner of darkness.”
Howard Bahr, Pelican Road

Zaman Ali
“Creating individuality, which creates and protects others' individualities is good.”
Zaman Ali, MORALITY An Individual Dilemma

“Even in a book of lies sometimes you find truth. There is indeed a season for all things and now that I see you flesh-to-flesh and blood-to-blood I know I cannot raise my hand against you. But know this, you are my greatest disappointment. Does your master hear me? Atlas! You can kill me, but you will never have my city. My strength is not in steel and fire, that is what the parasites will never understand. A season for all things! A time to live and a time to die, a time to build... and a time to destroy!”
Andrew Ryan

Raymond Chandler
“I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.”
Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely

Craig Halloran
“For every life you take, you must save another or more. It does not matter if they are good or evil; who can really tell? There is good in everything, evil as well ….”
Craig Halloran, The Hero, The Sword and The Dragons

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