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“The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book, is becUse their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end.”
- Paul Sheldon

Scheherazade

“If they caught them they made sure that they could go on working... but they also made sure they would never run again. The operation was called hobbling…”

Cataplexy is a sudden, brief loss of voluntary muscle control and strength that is triggered by strong emotions like laughter, surprise, excitement, or anger.

Deus ex machina

“She leaned over him like a monolith, the bucket sligthly tipped. He could see the rag wisting slowly in its dark depths like a drowned thing; he could see a thin scrum of soap on top. Part of him groaned but none of him hesitated. He drank quickly, washing the pills down, and the taste in his mouth was at it had been on the occasions when his mother made him brush his teeth with soap.”

Catatonia is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by abnormal motor behavior, mutism, and unresponsiveness.