“We've made it back to each other. We've got lots of time to try our hands at restoring the ruins”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“You always know the truth, because when you cut yourself or someone else with it, there's always a bloody show.”
― The Body
― The Body
“And each year, I lose a little bit more of what made me special as a kid. I don’t think as much or question as much. I dare nothing. I put nothing on the line. Even my passions are now frayed and pathetic.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“But I had married a fine and comely girl, and with brilliance and craft and all instincts of self-preservation jettisoned, I succeeded over the years, through neglect, coldness, and betrayal, in turning her into the exact image of my mother.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
“Like many men and women who make egregious and irretrievable mistakes with their own children, she would redeem herself by becoming the perfect grandmother.”
― The Prince of Tides
― The Prince of Tides
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