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21 " Punishment isn’t punishment if you don’t feel punished, if you don’t experience the suffering that’s intended. It’s all about perception. It’s all about the way you react to something and that reaction is the real weapon. "
― Patricia Cornwell , Depraved Heart (Scarpetta, #23)
22 " importantly Lucy’s past, and I envision "
23 " DEDICATION To Staci "
24 " Non fare i patti con il diavolo, "
25 " Vulgarity is inversely proportionate to intelligence and facility with languages. Profuse swearing is generally associated with a low IQ, a limited vocabulary "
26 " Badly. "
27 " Technology made everything better for a while and now it seems life is circling back around to the dark ages. Digital communication has begun to make me feel I’m moving faster than ever even as I lose the trusted navigational equipment I was born with. My own eyes. My own ears. My own sense of touch. I miss paper and pen. I miss face-to-face conversations. I worry we’re on a collision course with doubt and delusion on a galactic scale. "
28 " on another spree. I constantly looked for her when I was with Lucy "
29 " you?” “Jealousy. It’s toxic.” “How about lying, which is all you ever do. Over and over again.” “You need to start putting this on every time you go out, even on overcast days in the dead of winter.” The viscous translucent lotion Carrie dribbles into her palm looks like semen. “And "