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You must never run away from the truth, Jake, however unpleasant. Because once you begin running, you can never stop.

— Dale Bailey The Resurrection Man's Legacy (2003)

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When it comes to death, sex, and money, everybody lies.

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The wall clock ticked, dividing the silence into discrete segments of discomfort.

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All writers are unregenerate thieves, and the ones who deny it are also liars.

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I believed then – and I believe still – that fiction driven by purely ideological goals is likely to be very poor fiction indeed.

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“You ever want to get away? You ever want to see the world?”
“I’ve seen it, Kemp. It’s overrated.”

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