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21 " No matter how Ronnie ultimately stitches himself back together, he’ll see the seams, and so will anyone else who knows those scars on their own soul. "
― Dot Hutchison , The Summer Children (The Collector, #3)
22 " There’s an outer limit to how much you can heal. There comes a point where time just isn’t a factor anymore: it’s done as much as it can do. "
23 " Vete a la mierda, "
24 " Is it unprofessional if I want to find the bastard that's done this to her and twist his dick off? "
25 " No, physically she'll heal fully with time and care. I'm simply of the opinion that anyone who commits rape should be castrated, and if they rape a child, the punishment should be as painful and damaging as possible.I like that opinion. "
26 " Why don't we live together?...Because I don't like sharing space on a permanent basis....Because having my own space, having locks between me and everyone else, is important to me, and I'm not ready to give that up. Because I can't have my only safe space, my only private space, be a bedroom, even if it's converted to an office. Because I love you, but I can't life with anyone just yet. "
27 " How can someone so romantic be so utterly unromantic? "
28 " I didn’t feel like I could say no that publicly, you know? And then our mothers were so happy, and so full of plans, and every time I tried to talk about it, they said it was just nerves, that it was natural for a bride to be anxious, and I just . . . Everyone else seemed so happy, and I thought maybe I was just wrong. "
29 " So maybe she wasn’t silly after all, because wasn’t it a lot smarter to be afraid of true things? If you were afraid of something in the light, wasn’t it just good sense to be more afraid of it in the dark? "
30 " women, "
31 " The Dragonmother of Internal Affairs, Agent Samantha Dern has been in the Bureau for almost fifty years....She looks soft and kindly, like someone's favorite grandmother, but she's been known to make grown men cry in under ten minutes. "
32 " If you were going to number the surviving Butterflies by most likely to snap and murder someone, Victoria-Bliss is, no contest, number one, and I'm a close second....Ravenna is an easy third. "
33 " Priya wasn’t raised in any religion, and she has an outsider’s fascination for them, not just the stories and imagery, but the rules and rituals, all the ways we try to structure what people are allowed to believe. "
34 " So it's emotional. And something you have to face anyway? I'm asking if I can be your designated driver, because when you're that emotional, driving sucks. And it's hard. "
35 " It’s like some wicked angel put their thumb down and started to squish. "
36 " Ideally, our task is to be Justice. Without prejudice or preconceived notions, weigh the information and bring down the sword. I run a "
37 " Don’t scare them at all, or scare them so much they’re afraid to talk. "