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1 " reel. Everything about him seems drab—his cotton work shirt, his complexion, his once-glistening eyes. He needs a haircut. Nathan has become his pillar of support. He checks on Bruce daily, invites him to dinner at least once a week. The rumors were rampant. Who had Samantha run away with? Every neighbor had a theory "
― C.J. Box , The Best American Mystery Stories 2020
2 " In hard times you don’t share your secrets and you sure don’t borrow trouble. "
3 " He was an extremely intelligent and perceptive man, and consequently doomed to a life of emotional and intellectual loneliness. "
4 " I try to avoid confrontations with white trash, but sometimes they don’t give you no selection. "
5 " bitter recognition that his era had passed and the injury he had done to his family could not be undone and the moral failure that characterized his life had poisoned everything he touched and saw. "
6 " peace. He "