Taylor Roy
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If he was at all aware, he had to be pissed at how long it was taking him to do something as simple as die. Dad didn’t believe in God, but he was a lifelong member of the Church of Shit or Get Off the Can.
“The way I saw it, my side was going to convince the jury that the big yellow thing in the sky is the sun. His side had to convince the jury that it’s an egg yolk.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“I, to this day, believe none of what I did that evening is important, a handful of disposable memories. But these events will be relentlessly raked over, again and again and again.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“Daylight expanded with each breath.”
― The Great Alone
― The Great Alone
“If you woke up to a robber in your home, saw him taking your stuff, people wouldn’t ask, Well why didn’t you fight him? Why didn’t you tell him no? He’s already violating an unspoken rule, why would he suddenly decide to adhere to reason? What would give you reason to think he’d stop if you told him to?”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
“How quickly victims must begin fighting, converting feelings into logic, navigating the legal system, the intrusion of strangers, the relentless judgment.”
― Know My Name: A Memoir
― Know My Name: A Memoir
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