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The Tower QUOTES

1 " A brunette with big, dark eyes stood in front of a quiet, single-story house. She wore a yellow jacket, and the wind was blowing her long hair across her face. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

2 " Allander smiled. “Well, if he doesn’t tell me nothing then he would, in fact, be telling me something. A double negative makes a positive. Your advice isn’t concordant with your desires. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

3 " SETTLING into the seat of his ’81 banged-up black 320i, Jade rolled the radio tuning knob through a cacophony of static. Giving up, he reached into his glove compartment, pulled out a CD, and slipped it in. Miles Davis, Kind of Blue. The green lights floated overhead, one after another, as Jade swerved from lane to lane, darting between cars. He drove along the streets with his left arm extended out the broken window, his hand tapping the car roof furiously to the tune: “Du nu nu nu nu nu nu na. So what. Du nu nu nu nu nu nu na. So what. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

4 " We don’t need to get into all that right now,” Darby continued. “I’m sure Mr. Marlow can read between the lines. Anything else, Mr. Marlow?” Jade noticed that her tone had changed. Though she was still polite, her warmth had departed. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

5 " Ms. Anvers, I’m tired of hearing you regurgitate your junior year Ethics in Journalism textbook. We need to do this if we’re going to stop him. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

6 " reality. Death would have been preferable. She slid the glass back into the indentation it had made on her Pottery Barn catalog. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

7 " He had not been right, had not been normal. And then his natural predisposition had been encouraged and further corrupted by “environmental factors.” That was what his first psychologist had called it. “Environmental factors.” Like being raped by a thirty-three-year-old man at the age of seven, Doctor? she’d wanted to yell. Is that an “environmental factor? "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

8 " Much of Allander’s recorded interview came into focus as Jade read. One piece of the puzzle fell into place almost immediately. The first footnote he came across stated that Freud’s given names were Sigismund Schlomo. Freud was the “Doctor Schlomo” Allander had spoken of on the tape. He had been taunting his psychologist, daring him to discover the hidden clues. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

9 " Jade had already recognized some of Allander’s language as Freudian, but now he uncovered more of its meaning. For example, Allander had expressed disdain for sublimation. “What I carve, I’ll carve in flesh. What I write, I’ll write in blood,” he had said. He felt that his art was reality; by his art, he meant his violence. Instead of sublimating his violent tendencies into something productive or healthy, he prided himself on acting them out. While others distracted themselves with fantasies, he alone indulged his true self. His way was more real, he thought, more courageous. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

10 " The same controlled anger that he had noticed at the meeting at FBI headquarters flashed behind her eyes. They faced each other across the woman’s corpse, which looked up at them blankly. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

11 " I’m sorry,” she said, still not turning to look at him. Then she laughed her sad laugh, and Jade realized how accustomed to it he had grown. He wondered how often she had laughed like that before she’d met him. “It feels like I’m doing that all the time now,” she said. “Apologizing. More than I ever have.” She finally turned to look at Jade. “Believe it or not, I usually have a difficult time with it. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

12 " Because he’s self-aware. He’s committing patricides and matricides, but they’re very conscious. He’s not displacing. He knows he’s implicating his parents. He knows his killings are symbolic—even illustrations of Freudian thought. That’s why he thinks he’s so much smarter than other killers. His killings don’t divulge who he is. They affirm who he is. They’re part of his self-definition. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

13 " Though it was not easy for him, Jade raised his hand and placed it on Darby’s shoulder. She swayed a bit toward him, but didn’t turn her head. “I will protect you,” he said. The words came with such conviction that his uneasiness departed. “On my life, I will protect you.” His hand rose with her shoulder as she breathed deeply. Darby squeezed his hand briefly before lifting it off. “Well, I’ve had my wounded moment,” she said. “Let the planning commence.” She walked back to the house without waiting to see if Jade was following. She was not wearing shoes, and Jade found something distressing and wonderful about watching her bare feet on the grass. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

14 " The things you learn growing up in and out of prison, Allander thought. A practical education. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

15 " Jade sat inconspicuously at a table largely blocked from view by the brewing vat. He, however, had excellent visibility of the entire seating area, and he could also lean slightly and look straight down the length of the bar. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

16 " The clicking of gun hammers greeted Jade as he stumbled off the porch. Still gripping the back of his head, he shouted, “Relax! It’s me, Marlow. He’s pinned down on the property, so hold your positions.” He walked behind the phalanx of cars. “I need to sit down a minute and then I’m going back in. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

17 " I think you could have a really good night tonight,” she said huskily. Jade’s eyes danced over her cheap outfit, taking in her costume jewelry and her ruby-red lipstick. “Yeah?” he said. “Thanks for the premonition. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

18 " There was, however, almost as much artifice to his surroundings as there was need, since Wotan enjoyed his status as the agency mystery. By remaining in the shadows, he appeared even more intimidating and powerful, which was precisely what he wanted. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

19 " Wotan leaned forward and light from the dim lamp fell on his face. Travers saw his bare eye socket, the skin stretched over the hole. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower

20 " If you find someone threatening, make him your own. It was like psychological cannibalism. "

― Gregg Andrew Hurwitz , The Tower