PATRICK FRANK

“I got divorced today,” she said. “I lost my job—no, correct that, my career—six months ago, as you well know, because I had a panic attack on the air. I’ve grown terrified of people, not particular people, but in general, which is worse. I’ve spent the last few months a virtual shut-in. And honestly? I can’t wait to get back to it. Brian, there’s nothing I like about myself.”
― Dennis Lehane, Since We Fell

“But in those final seconds, a catalogue of emotion found his eyes. There was dismay. Self-pity. Terror. An abandonment so total it took thirty years off his life and turned him into a ten-year-old before her eyes.”
― Dennis Lehane, Since We Fell