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The End of Vandalism QUOTES

The End of Vandalism QUOTES

1 " He didn’t have any beliefs to speak of. A world that would deposit a child in a beer carton in the middle of nowhere seemed capable of you-name-it, but Dan did not think that you-name-it qualified as a belief. "

― Tom Drury , The End of Vandalism

2 " Moving along to Channel 7, Dan found an old movie in which a woman was singing on a strange and shadowy stage. She had dark curls, pale eyes, a transparent veil. She sang with great power. Her voice soared and trembled—it was hard to tell if she was in control. Violinists and harpists played behind her, and candles shook in the hands of the choir. The piece was almost over, climbing toward some destructive note. Then the camera pulled back, revealing that the woman was singing in an amphitheater in a landscape of dark towers and hills. Was this supposed to be Heaven? Hell? Italy? Dan could not say. "

― Tom Drury , The End of Vandalism

3 " He had a way of becoming wooden and emotionless just when she needed him to be the opposite. "

― Tom Drury , The End of Vandalism