“Stepfather?" "It means he fucks your mum and isn't really your dad.”
― Motive Black
― Motive Black
“You can call it innocence or you can call it gullibility, but Celia made the most common mistake of the good-hearted: She assumed that everyone else was just like her. Evidence to the contrary found nowhere to lodge, like a book on chaos theory in a library that didn't have a physics section.”
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
― We Need to Talk About Kevin
“All happened so damn fast,” he said. “’Phone call here after she arrived. Her mom and dad were just after leaving Halifax…ten cars, twelve maybe, made it onto the CBC News.”
― The Erkeley Shadows
― The Erkeley Shadows
“The future is ‘now’.”
― Just Love Her
― Just Love Her
“I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,” laughed Adam. “We won’t have to dispose of the body. I’ll get a pan and brush in a minute and flush him down the toilet.”
― The Three Witches and the Master
― The Three Witches and the Master
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