Book: Mr. Mercedes

Most people with childhood acquires Lead boots and should carry them through life. These Lead boots are called CONSCIENCE.

... there are people surviving - and even thriving - thanks to the kindness of strangers.

Running to catch easier than hiding.

The rich can be generous (even those who profess a blood-curdling political views), but can be generous, but on the inside, and not so deep, they are always afraid that someone is going to steal their presents and eat birthday cake.

The truth is darkness, and the only thing that matters is to declare yourself before you step into it. To cut the skin of the world and leave a notch. If anything, the whole history of mankind - the scar tissue.

Even on a cloudy day the sun is shining at least one dog's ass.

Hodges read somewhere that in Iceland there are deep wells that the water splash from thrown stone is not audible. He thinks that some human souls are the same.

Better to hide in plain sight, says the old proverb.

It's so easy, too easy, not to believe someone disliked.

In the era of email and Facebook anything important through the door is not delivered.

Never lie when you can tell the truth. Truth is not always the safest way, but very often.

- You know three-age men? - asks Hodges.
Pete, smiling, shakes her head.
- Youth, maturity and "you look great".

All religions lie. All moral tenets - delusion. Even the stars are a Mirage. The truth is darkness, and the only thing that matters is to declare yourself before stepping into it. Embedding the skin of the world and leave a notch. If anything, the whole history of mankind - the scar tissue.

The society is a hive, and I'm a lonely drone.