I kissed her, a long hard kiss. Because baby didn't know it, but baby was dead, and in a way I couldn't have loved her more.
Jim ThompsonIf the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when weโve got the least excuse for it.
Jim ThompsonWhen life attains a crisis, manโs focus narrows. [โฆ] The world becomes a stage of immediate concern, swept free of illusion.
Jim Thompson