"A lie's true power cannot be accurately measured by the number of people who believe its deception when it is told, it must be measured by the number of people who will go out after hearing it trying ..."
- Dennis Sharpe
"Because what’s lifeWithout happinessAnd where’s happinessWithout risk"
"Telling you how I know…what I know…it could make things worse than they already are…for all of us"
"In the end, Nora, there’s only time. All we have is time…and even if this wasn’t happening, we still don’t ever have much…no one does. We only have the moment we’re in. We have right now."
"This guy sounds like all the bad guys from the last ten years of murder movies all rolled into one. Like he might be the worst of those books you have there. If he was real, and really like that, then..."
"She looked at him like it physically hurt her not to speak, and yet she stayed silent."
"Often, things are left unsaid. Everyone is guilty of thinking and feeling things... of loving or appreciating others... and of taking for granted that those others will just be there... to continue to..."
"The things this man does to me are beyond what I feel should be possible. Butterflies. Fucking butterflies. Damn him."
"To one degree or another we all fight against preconceptions nearly every day. The wisest people I know don't compare their fight to that of others. Everything is relative through the lens of personal..."
"If misery were water, he thinks as he climbs into his car and turns the key, I could just drown or let it wash me away entirely."