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1 " Cormac wasn't scared of a fight. I wouldn't be surprised if he'd punched his mother's doctor on his way out of the womb. "
― Donna Augustine , Keepers & Killers (Alchemy, #2)
2 " I'm not saying therapy is bad, it's just too much work for me. I'm more about embracing my broken self for all that she can be. "
3 " I pretended my eyeballs had weights on them to stop myself from rolling them to the back of my head. "
4 " Just don't get distracted. Keep focused." "I think I could figure that out." I snapped, and knew I was on edge; perhaps overreacting due to stress. "There's a lot of things I thought you'd figure out that you haven't." I should've left it at that. I'd gotten nasty, he'd gotten nasty back. But I couldn't. "You mean like figuring out that you used my friend to screw with me? Stuff like that?" "Using her would have been sleeping with her. If I'd actually wanted her, I would have had her, and that's just stating the facts." He broke into a falsetto then "'I don't want you, no wait, I do want you' and then you hang all over Vitor. Maybe you had it coming?" "So you used my friend? You thought that was the smart thing to do? No wonder we've got holes rotting away our universe, this whole operation is being run by an idiot! "
5 " took the slip from his hand and looked at the strangle symbols. "
6 " Half the joy of doing some stuff is being able to talk about it after. "
7 " People spend their lives in therapy to fight their natural inclinations. Day in and day out, not doing what they desire in the hopes of being this better, happier and more successful person. "