“Maintaining a long-distance relationship requires a lot of discipline,” surmised Duncan. “The loneliness that they experience is a formidable force to be reckoned with, and not everyone can withsta...”

“Problems,” lamented Duncan. “They never seem to end.”“Do they even end in the first place?”Duncan grimaced, “If only we know when they begin, we might be able to nip it in the bud before it putrefi...”

“It dawned on her as she grew older, that fairy tales instilled false hopes in people, and that no white knights existed in this world. The mothers should be well aware of that aspect of reality, so...”

“For every inch of skin, there is memory. Devils are so made. Saints, too, if you believe in them. His humanity has been broken as an old walking stick that once held up a crippled man named Thomas....”

“It frightens me that I can't do anything sensible about it.""Are you scared that you'll wind up with a boring job where you have to see the same people every day and drink instant coffee?""I'm more...”

“She'd be dead before the memories and pain were finally gone; she knew it, accepted it, and dealt with it.”

“self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.”

“When you're surrounded by stupidity, self-preservation isn't a sin.”