Book: Pick a number

Gurney went to the sink and turned the water on, waiting for when she'll turn cold as he liked. Internally he prepared habitually to argue with Madeline, who thought that drinking ice water is harmful, and immediately he felt ashamed that he was so petty, so irritable, so infantile to respond to such nonsense. He decided to change the subject, but then realized that they have not had time to speak.

The amazing thing ― the past lives in you, invisibly and quietly waiting for the moment to float to the surface of an imaginary nothingness. It seems that it is not, what it left you. But then, like a Phoenix rising from the ashes, breaks out inside with all the bright colors, sounds and motions inherent in the present.

― It's time to go to the police, ' said gurney.
― The police of Peony? Yes, you only listen: police Peony! It even sounds like a gay cabaret.

Well, when everything else does not work, we can only tell the truth.

The worst suffering in life cause errors, which we refuse to admit, our actions, so are not relevant to our true essence that we can't think about them.

Some things in this life we just have to do.

Sometimes we make choices, the consequences of which are not expected.

The source of sadness is loss, the greatest of which is loss of love.

The devil persecutes the righteous. For sinners, and already in his possession.

The meaning of life is to be as close as possible to other people.

Sometimes bombastic finale is part of the plan conceived.

The world was imperfect. All had pros and cons. It remained only to settle for dropped you cards. Assume that the glass is half full.
That's life.

Knowledge of where to look for concealed weapons is the key to preventing tragedy. So many weapons, so many weapons in the wrong hands!

Maybe if the changes occur gradually, the brain does not register them until they reach critical size.