Most kids don't believe in fairy tales very long. Once they hit six or seven they put away "Cinderella" and her shoe fetish, "The Three Little Pigs" with their violation of building codes, "Miss Muffet" and her well‐shaped tuffet—all forgotten or discounted.And maybe that's the way it has to be. To survive in the world, you have to give up the fantasies, the make‐believe.
Every inner touch, every one of its fingerprints on my brain, burned like acid. It shredded the walls of my soul like tissue paper, it clawed its way… - Rob Thurman
Every inner touch, every one of its fingerprints on my brain, burned like acid. It shredded the walls of my soul like tissue paper, it clawed its way…
- Rob Thurman
Niko caught my hand and slapped it lightly down on the bar. “Pistol whipping elderly women isn’t precisely our mission statement, Cal.” I hadn’t been… - Rob Thurman
Niko caught my hand and slapped it lightly down on the bar. “Pistol whipping elderly women isn’t precisely our mission statement, Cal.” I hadn’t been…
You're so very good at that. The temper, the scowl. You must drink shots of testosterone in your morning coffee. - Rob Thurman
You're so very good at that. The temper, the scowl. You must drink shots of testosterone in your morning coffee.
Why is it always the world? Why is it never just half a block? Or Jersey? You know, something we could live without? - Rob Thurman
Why is it always the world? Why is it never just half a block? Or Jersey? You know, something we could live without?
Lies were like acid, corrosive: They could dissolve trust in a heartbeat. - Rob Thurman
Lies were like acid, corrosive: They could dissolve trust in a heartbeat.
Leandros's favorite place had turned out not to be vegetarian, but vegan, which was for people who preferred their suicide slow. - Rob Thurman
Leandros's favorite place had turned out not to be vegetarian, but vegan, which was for people who preferred their suicide slow.
I am your brother. I was supposed to be your brother before either of us was born. Karmic debt. It appears I was Vlad the Impaler or Genghis Khan in … - Rob Thurman
I am your brother. I was supposed to be your brother before either of us was born. Karmic debt. It appears I was Vlad the Impaler or Genghis Khan in …
Pooh hater,' I muttered under my breath. 'Winnie-the-Pooh was not a koala--why am I even arguing about this with you? - Rob Thurman
Pooh hater,' I muttered under my breath. 'Winnie-the-Pooh was not a koala--why am I even arguing about this with you?
Pick up your clothes. I am not your maid. How do I know this? A maid cannot kill you with a tube sock. I can. - Rob Thurman
Pick up your clothes. I am not your maid. How do I know this? A maid cannot kill you with a tube sock. I can.
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