Full Dark, No Stars

we never cease wanting what we want, whether it’s good for us or not.

“When a person does a bad thing and another person knows but doesn’t stop it, they’re equally guilty.”

How life did imitate art, sometimes. And the cruder the art, the closer the imitation.

How many unsuspected selves could a person have, hiding deep inside?

She got into the shower and stayed in the stall until the bathroom was as foggy as an English moor in a Sherlock Holmes story

When it came to the dark fuckery of the human heart, there seemed to be no limit.

“A bad boyfriend is sharper than a serpent’s tooth.

And you didn’t feel actual pain in dreams; you always woke up before the real pain started.

Hand on the plow all day, nose in a book all night, Arlette said. Except when hes got something else in me.