All I cared was that she had never lied. She was honest in a world just the opposite, and a cool oasis in my life. She was who she said she was, and everything Sophia, my mother, the pathologically manipulative liar, had never been.
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
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.
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.
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…
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 …
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?
Fall leaves are brilliant with gold and red. You can cup them in your hand and wonder at them, be amazed at their uniqueness and glory. But eventuall… - Rob Thurman
Fall leaves are brilliant with gold and red. You can cup them in your hand and wonder at them, be amazed at their uniqueness and glory. But eventuall…
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.
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?
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