Jazz hadn't given her many details of exactly what life in the Dent house had been like, but he'd told her enough that she knew it wasn't hearts and flowers. Well, except for the occasional heart cut from a chest. And the kind of flowers you send to funerals.
Barry LygaFear can keep you alive. The trick is not to let it overwhelm you. Not to let it rule you. If youโre afraid, thatโs the universe trying to tell you something. Get away. Donโt run; donโt panic. Just pick up and walk out, calm as you please. Panic makes you stupid.
Barry LygaJazz spent a chunk of the day fantasizing about ways to kill his grandmother, plotting them and planning them in the most excruciating, gruesome detail his imagination would allow. It turned out his imagination allowed quite a bit. He spent the rest of the day convincing himself--over and over--not to do it.
Barry Lyga