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Memories are like fireflies darting across the surface of my mind, showing me here and there images so sharp and vivid that I catch my breath in wonder before the vignette disappears, sinking like a pebble into the quicksand of regret and recrimination.

— Susan Kay Phantom (1990)

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Hell is not a place, it's a state of mind and body; hell is obsession with a voice, a face, a name.

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Killing is like riding, you see, one never really loses the knack.

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Death was the ultimate power and I his eager, willing apprentice.

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I can make anything disappear, if I really want to.

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