If Alice had a post-engagement policy, it was to pass.
“In the mind of the public, she seemed endowed with an almost supernatural power to commit heinous acts, no matter the time or place.”
“The nights were advantageous, too. After they kissed their families goodnight, it was expected that they would share a bed, their bodies close, their movements obscured under the covers.”
“I want to support these people. The west has always been fairly colorblind, too.""Oh?" Mek prompted me for clarification."Our least prejudiced region." I shook the bag of cat chow. "Heck, I shouldn...”
“Theres no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.”
“Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled enemy?”
“He had also learned that there is no use murdering people; there are always so many left, and if you tried to murder them all you would never get anything else done.”