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Life is hard. Dying’s easy. So many things must align in order to create life. It has to happen in a place that supports life, something approximately as rare as hen’s teeth, from the perspective of the universe. Parents, in whatever form,
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“There is no need to trust someone who couldn’t hurt you,”
― Wind and Truth
― Wind and Truth
“Charlie and Ruth pretended to be lovebirds, though in fact they loathed each other, but it worked for them because they took great pleasure in loathing.”
― Going Home in the Dark
― Going Home in the Dark
“For two shameful months, she’d engaged in phone sales, making cold calls to peddle something called the Golden Years Medicine Cabinet to seniors, which consisted of an arthritis-pain “diminimizer,” the world’s most reliable toe-fungus eliminator, a favored antacid of presidents and kings so exclusive that it wasn’t sold in stores, a stool softener guaranteed to cure constipation when all similar remedies failed, and other products for the treatment of warts, age spots, split nails, and the tragedy of uncontrolled flatulence.”
― Going Home in the Dark
― Going Home in the Dark
“Hollywood is a dog-eat-dog environment, which is no reflection on dogs, only something that people say.”
― Going Home in the Dark
― Going Home in the Dark
“[The previous sentence is a flagrant example of foreshadowing, a plot device that creates a pleasant anticipation in the reader. However, as the author, I feel the need to be honest with you, even at the cost of this intrusion, and I’m compelled to acknowledge that besides contributing to a building atmosphere of menace, Rebecca’s “disturbing feeling” also serves as an effective way to end Chapter One before it grows too long. Studies indicate that modern readers prefer shorter chapters. Before purchasing a novel, they conduct a “flip-through” to sample the prose, consider the readability of the typeface, and be sure the number of chapters promises a quick read.”
― Going Home in the Dark
― Going Home in the Dark
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