[T]hese last few days where I've moped around damn near depressed for real, because of people who do not exist. Not really. I can buy them Christmas presents, but there is no way to send them. Sometimes I feel like I should be able to walk into the next room and there they will be, but they won't. These people do not exisit as flesh and blood, but there are different kinds of reality, and there are days when imagination feels very, very real.
Laurell K. HamiltonGive a truly good person power, and theyโre still a good person. Give a bad person power, and theyโre still a bad person. The question is always about the person in between. The one that isnโt evil, or good, but just ordinary. You donโt always know what an ordinary person is like on the inside.
Laurell K. HamiltonYou lie like butter wouldn't melt in your mouth, Edward." He smiled. "I don't lie to you." "Really," I said. The smile became a grin. "Okay, not most of the time, anymore." His face sobered. "I'm not lying now.
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