“Even if a thing is doomed—there is that moment of absurd hope that is worth the fall, that is worth everything.”
“Thinking about drinking now was like fantasizing about the perfect crime. How he would do it—if he were going to do it.”
“I'm a fucking porcupine with points.”
“At root, the business of baseball was no better or different from the movies or from church: put on a show, promise people something transcendent, and then bleed the suckers dry.”
“He was backing away behind cover fire with the engaged smile of a teenager seeing his violent daydreams come true.”
“nine times out of ten, romance is a problem, not a solution.”
“It's not the physical scars that are the most painful.”
“Play along, the wink said. I'll get you out of this.
At least Artemis hoped this was what his wink communicated and not something like 'Any chance of another kiss later?”
“Aren't you afraid you will be damned?'
'I believe I already am, but not by the Holy Spirit,' said Delaura without alarm. 'I have always believed He attributes more importance to love than to faith.”
“You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little sidebets about the outcome of life. either you wade in and risk everything you have to play the game or you don't play at all. and if u don't play u can't win.”
“Were you playing with Stuart?" she asked.
The question was loaded. I was a filthy, filthy woman, and even the five-year-old knew it.”
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