As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
Interpretation
The aftermath of committing a crime deeply affects individuals, often leading to personal struggles and transformations.
Karin Slaughter's quote emphasizes that while crime itself can have terrible consequences, it is the lingering effects of that crime—such as emotional turmoil and the difficulty of moving forward—that truly shape and alter a person's life. This reflects the idea that experiences, particularly negative ones, can lead to significant personal change and introspection.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion about the psychological impacts of crime during a community meeting.
Reading is exercise for our brains in the guise of pleasure. Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them.
Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.
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Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey
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Death, but not for you, gunslinger. Never for you. You darkle. You tinct. May I be brutally frank? You go on.
Life can't be all that bad,' i'd think from time to time. 'Whatever happens, i can always take a long walk along the Bosphorus.
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