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1 " she wondered if justice was possible in a world full of profoundly evil and damaged human beings, in a veritable universe of damage. "
― Lisa Scottoline , Betrayed (Rosato & DiNunzio, #2)
2 " Judy woke up on her back in the parking lot. "
3 " They say life is short, but the truth is, motherhood is short. "
4 " My argument will have to be that the plaintiff, who’s dead, wasn’t going to earn that much, because, after all, he wasn’t good enough to earn a promotion. And as far as pain and suffering, don’t pay him for that because he died within a year, so he didn’t suffer that long. "
5 " she had trained him to think she didn’t need him. "
6 " Yes, and I totally forgot about the ottoman when we went to Iris's apartment. She didn't have the room for it, so she must've brought it here." Aunt Barb shook her head when they reached the ottoman. "An ottoman is a rich-people thing, when you think about it. It requires room. Space. I'm not rich by any means, but I have room for an ottoman. I assumed she did too." Aunt Barb sighed. "I don't know what I was thinking. I've been so insensitive, living in my own little world.""That's not true. You didn't know.""Maybe I didn't want to know, or maybe I should have known. Isn't that the height of insensitivity? That you just didn't know, because you couldn't imagine that people lived a different life from the one you do?" Aunt Bard kept shaking her head. "Isn't that the very definition of insensitivity? Of selfishness? "
7 " Anyway, if he can't figure it out himself, why can't he just watch you? Why can't he just do what you do? Why can't he just copy you? Or copy me? If he did for me what I do for him, we'd get along great! "
8 " knit cap "
9 " entered the country illegally "
10 " So you’re not a Protestant anymore? You’re Catholic now? "
11 " But I understand it better than I can speak it. "
12 " All right already, "
13 " there’s other things "